already

al·read·y  (ôl-rd)

adv.

1. By this or a specified time; before: The children were already asleep when we got home.

2. So soon: Are you quitting already?

3. Nonstandard Used as an intensive: Be quiet already. Enough already.

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[Middle English alredi : al, all; see all + redi, ready; see ready.]

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already

Adverb

1. before the present time

2. before an implied or expected time

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

already - prior to a specified or implied time; "she has already graduated"

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already

adverb before now, before, previously, at present, by now, by then, even now, by this time, just now, by that time, heretofore, as of now

Translations

already [ɔːlˈrɛdɪ] adv → ya

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already [ɔːlˈrɛdɪ] adv → déjà

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already [ɔːlˈrɛdɪ] adv → schon

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already [ɔːlˈrɛdɪ] adv → già