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Definition: Early |
EarlyAdjective1. At or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties". 2. Being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer. 3. Of the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times". 4. Very young; "at an early age". 5. (linguistics) of an early stage in the development of a language or literature; "the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C."; "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700". 6. Expected in the near future; "look for an early end to the negotiations". Adverb1. During an early stage; "early on in her career". 2. Before the usual time or the time expected; "she graduated early"; "the house was completed ahead of time". 3. In good time; "he awoke betimes that morning". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "early" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
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19th Century Satire | A title of stupidity. See old saw, "Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man a farmer!" Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
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Early infanticidal childrearing is a psychohistorical model developed by Lloyd deMause within the framework of psychohistory which purports that childrearing in the paleolithic era and in contemporary pre-literate hunter-gatherer tribes can be summarized by three basic ideas:
This particular model is a psychological concept that attempts to explain anthropological data, especially from such societies as the Yolngu of Australia, the Gimi, Wogeo, Sambia, Bena Bena, and Bimin-Kuskusmin of Papua New Guinea, the Raum, the Ok and the Kwanga, based on observations by Geza Roheim, Lia Leibowitz, Robert C. Suggs, Milton Diamond, Herman Heinrich Ploss, Gilbert Herdt and Robert J. Stoller, L. L. Langness, and Fitz John Porter Poole, among others. While anthropologists and psychohistorians generally do not dispute the data of their particular research, they dispute its significance (both in terms of importance and in terms of meaning) and its interpretation.
- children are not considered human
- infants are useful to parents as erotic objects
- children aren't considered useful to any adult in any other way
In brief, supporters are attempting to explain cultural history from a psycho-developmental point of view, and argue that cultural change can be assessed as "advancement" or "regression" based on the psychological consequences of various cultural practices. While most anthropologists reject this approach, and most theories of cultural evolution, as ethnocentric, the psychohistorians in their turn proclaim the independence of psychohistory and summarily reject the opinions of anthropologists.
This model makes two central claims: first, that the attention paid by parents of contemporary primitive tribes to their children, such as sucking, fondling and masturbating, is sexual according to an objective standard (critics claim that this standard is culture-bound and Western); second, that this sexual attention is inordinate, according to an objective standard (critics claim that this standard is culture-bound and Western).
This model is also based on a reported lack of non-sexual attention paid by infanticidal parents, such as mutual gazes between parent and child, observed by Robert B. Edgerton, Langness, Maria Lepowsky, Bruce Knauft, John W. M. Whiting and Margaret Mead among others.
Such mutual gazing is widely recognized in developmental psychology as crucial for proper bonding between mother and child, the failure of which invariably results in absent empathy, a characteristic most notable in psychopathy. Other examples of absent non-sexual attention include keeping infants away from open fires, preventing children from playing with knives, and stopping newborns from crawling into the sea.
The model also explains many other well-documented facts, such as the large jump in the mortality rate of Papua New Guinean children after they reach the weaning stage.
Proponents of the model claim that the consequences of infanticidal childrearing are many and devastating. Among them are recorded a high rate of insanity and suicide even among young children.
Various scholars (notably Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson) have rejected this view of non-Western societies. Anthropologists generally argue that everywhere parents must negotiate between nurturing and loving their children on the one hand, and disciplining and socializing them on the other. They further argue that what constitutes "love," "sex," appropriate sexual behavior, and appropriate behavior in general, is culture-bound (and that much of what counts as average or even ideal childrearing practices in industrialized societies would be inappropriate in non-industrialized societies, and might be considered abusive by people of other cultures). They suggest that documented increases in infant mortality, mental illness, and suicide are more likely consequences of stresses brought on by Western conquest or colonization. Finally, most anthropologists do not consider non-industrial societies to necessarily be more primitive than industrial ones and find the assertion of the model that all societies of the same technological level have the same childrearing practices to be suspect and unsupported by fact. They argue that most models of cultural evolution (including many devised by anthropologists) are not so much scientific theories as myths of colonialism used to justify the denial of human rights to non-Western peoples.
In return, Lloyd deMause and his followers accuse most anthropologists and ethnologists of counter-transference and of being apologists for incest, infanticide, cannibalism and child sacrifice. They claim that what constitutes child abuse is a matter of objective fact and that some of the practices which mainstream anthropologists apologize for, such as beatings of newborn infants, result in brain lesions and other visible neurological damage. Other practices may result in psychosis, dissociation and magical thinking. They also claim that the extreme cultural relativism proposed by many anthropologists is contrary to the letter and spirit of human rights.
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Early is a city located in Sac County, Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 605.Geography
Early is located at 42°27'43" North, 95°9'5" West (42.461903, -95.151290)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.0 km² (0.4 mi²). 1.0 km² (0.4 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 605 people, 258 households, and 166 families residing in the city. The population density is 599.0/km² (1,532.3/mi²). There are 293 housing units at an average density of 290.1/km² (742.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 96.03% White, 0.66% African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 2.31% from other races, and 0.83% from two or more races. 4.13% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 258 households out of which 32.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.2% are married couples living together, 7.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.3% are non-families. 32.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 15.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.34 and the average family size is 2.97. In the city the population is spread out with 27.8% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 18.3% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 86.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 86.0 males. The median income for a household in the city is $30,972, and the median income for a family is $40,521. Males have a median income of $27,778 versus $18,929 for females. The per capita income for the city is $14,317. 12.1% of the population and 8.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 12.0% are under the age of 18 and 9.4% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Early, Iowa."
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Early is a city located in Brown County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 2,588.Geography
Early is located at 31°44'41" North, 98°56'28" West (31.744601, -98.941171)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.7 km² (2.6 mi²). 6.7 km² (2.6 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 2,588 people, 980 households, and 752 families residing in the city. The population density is 388.8/km² (1,008.2/mi²). There are 1,080 housing units at an average density of 162.3/km² (420.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 94.17% White, 1.00% African American, 0.35% Native American, 0.58% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 3.25% from other races, and 0.62% from two or more races. 9.12% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 980 households out of which 39.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.0% are married couples living together, 11.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 23.2% are non-families. 20.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.64 and the average family size is 3.01. In the city the population is spread out with 29.3% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 92.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 87.5 males. The median income for a household in the city is $36,150, and the median income for a family is $44,861. Males have a median income of $31,902 versus $20,694 for females. The per capita income for the city is $18,755. 13.5% of the population and 11.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 16.7% are under the age of 18 and 3.5% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Early, Texas."
Synonyms: EarlySynonyms: early(a) (adj), former(a) (adj), other(a) (adj), ahead of time (adv), betimes (adv), early on (adv), too soon (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: middle (adj), late (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Activity | Look sharp; have all one's eyes about one; (vigilance); rise, arouse oneself, hustle, get up early, be about, keep moving, steal a march, kill two birds with one stone; seize the opportunity; lose no time, not lose a moment, make the most of one's time, not suffer the grass to grow under one's feet, improve the shining hour, make short work of; dash off; make haste; do one's best take pains; (exert oneself); do wonders, work wonders. |
Caution | Bespeak; (be early). |
Earliness | Verb: be early; Adjective:, be beforehand; adVerb: keep time, take time by the forelock, anticipate, forestall; have the start, gain the start; steal a march upon; gain time, draw on futurity; bespeak, secure, engage, preengage. |
Adverb: early, soon, anon, betimes, rath; eft, eftsoons; ere long, before long, shortly. | |
Adjective: early, prime, forward; prompt; (active); summary. | |
Expectation | Foresee; prepare for; forestall; (be early); count upon; (believe in); think likely; (probability). |
Futurity | Verb: look forwards; anticipate; (expect), (foresee); forestall; (be early). |
Priority | Be beforehand; (be early); steal a march upon, anticipate, forestall; have the start, gain the start. |
Warning | Noun: warning, early warning, caution, caveat; notice; (information); premonition, premonishment; prediction; contraindication, lesson, dehortation; admonition, monition; alarm. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Early |
| English words defined with "early": early bird, early childhood, early days, early on, early warning radar. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "early": Early PL/I, early wood ♦ medicated early weaning ♦ shrinkage at early ages. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "early": Timeful. (references) |
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Screenplays | He said that he had some things to do before he started, so he left early. (Star Wars; writing credit: George Lucas) Think it'll be an early spring (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) No. I have to leave early to pick up Caitlin (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith) All hail K! All hail K! Oh K can you see by the dawn's early light (Men in Black II; writing credit: Lowell Cunningham; Robert Gordon) I just commit very early. (Peter's Friends; writing credit: Martin Bergmann and Rita Rudner.) | |
Lyrics | Whenever I think of the early 90's your face comes up with a vengeance like it (Unsent; performing artist: Alanis Morissette) And wakes 'em up the same way in the early bright (Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy; performing artist: Bette Midler) To make me rise an hour early just like Daylight Savings Time (The Bad Touch; performing artist: Bloodhound Gang) Oh I learned early (Misled; performing artist: Celine Dion) Well, early in the mornin' I'm a givin' you a warnin' (Roll Over Beethoven; performing artist: Chuck Berry) | |
Clever | The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. (references; author: unknown) No one should live by the early bird policy without finding out whether he classifies as a bird or a worm. (references; author: unknown) At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What is hell?" Come early and listen to our choir practice. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Early Life of Stephen Hind (1974) Dreamland: A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939 (1974) Early Homosexual Fears (1974) Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light (1974) The Early Years NBC White Paper: The Age of Kennedy - Part I (1966) | |
Song Titles | So Early In The Morning (performing artist: Trouble Funk) EARLY IN THE MORNING (performing artist: Vanity Fare ) | |
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 | The earliest visible stage of HIV replication occurs when viral proteins accumulate under the cell membrane in a process called budding (a). In the next stage a crescent shaped early bud has constricted, forming a membrane-encapsulated sphere, with the dense center called a viral nucleoid (b). As the constricting process continues, the virus pinches off and becomes free extracellular infectious virus (c). At this stage, the dark circular mucleoid condenses into a bar; this morphologic feature is used to discriminate HIV-I from HTLV-II and HTLV-III. See artwork: GR-31. Credit: Dr. Matthew Gonda (photographer). |  | This slide lists the seven early warning signs of cancer. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |
 | Transmission electron micrograph of influenza A virus, early passage. Credit: CDC. |  | Early morning. Navajo Indian reservation. Credit: CDC. |
 | Early Test Installations for Cowlings. Credit: NASA. |  | Early "smoker" meeting. Credit: NASA. |
 | Wrecks between two galaxies were a common occurrence in the early cosmos. But pileups among ... Credit: NASA. |  | New Hubble telescope images unveil what may be galaxies under construction in the early ... Credit: NASA. |
 | Early morning computing - verifying last night's work Astro party of Ralph Pfau. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Plane table work with airport survey Probably early 1960's Probably some of the last plane table work done in the C&GS. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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| "Early Merchandising" by Marc Habermacher Commentary: "Old lego toy with shell logo on its breast." | "Early in the morning" by Ben Pereboom Commentary: "Dew in the morning." |
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 | Early techno sounding piece with synthesized bass, strings, and percussion. | | New age pop style tune typical of the early 1980's. |
| Lots of complex synthesized work similar to an early Peter Gabriel style. | | Groovy synthesized tune characteristic of the early 1980's in the U.S. |
| A characteristic early Mozart piano work. | | Piece very typical of Madonna circa early 1980's. |
| Achromatically influenced waltz piece coming from the early Romantic era. | | Early techno sounding piece mixing in reggae rhythms for keyboards and bass. |
| An early avant-garde jazz style saxophone with a modern jazz style rhythm section. | | Madonna sounding piece typical of the early 1980's. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Baltasar Gracian | A beautiful woman should break her mirror early. |
Benjamin Franklin | Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. |
Edmund Burke | Early and provident fear is the mother of safety. |
Edward Gibbon | My early and invincible love of reading I would not exchange for all the riches of India. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | An unused life is an early death. |
| A useless life is an early death. | |
| If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses. | |
Plato | In the early days of his power, he is full of smiles, and he salutes everyone whom he meets. |
Thomas H. Huxley | There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life. |
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Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The Socialist and Communist systems properly so called, those of Saint-Simon, Fourier, Owen and others, spring into existence in the early undeveloped period, described above, of the struggle between proletariat and bourgeoisie (see Section 1. (reference) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | As a walking companion, Emma had very early foreseen how useful she might find her. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | But he was early at the office next morning |
Life, the Universe and Everything | Douglas Adams | The regular early morning yell of horror was the sound of Arthur Dent waking up and suddenly remembering where he was. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | But, in that early severity of the Puritan character, an inference of this kind could not so indubitably be drawn |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Monseigneur Bienvenu had been formerly, according to the accounts of his youth and even of his early manhood, a passionate, perhaps a violent, man. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | His day began with an heroic offering of its every moment of thought or action for the intentions of the sovereign pontiff and with an early mass |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Early comers moved over, and States were exchanged, and friends and sometimes relatives discovered |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | On the fourth day, venturing out early a little too far, I saw twenty or thirty natives upon a height, not above five hundred yards from me. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | They early introduce us to and detain us in scenery with which otherwise, at that age, we should have little acquaintance |
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Health | They were potty-trained too early. (references) | |
The baby was born early (premature). (references) | ||
NMDs may be associated with early death. (references) | ||
Business | Another source of early information is Japan's ODAI firms. (references) | |
Electronic commerce applications are still in their very early stages. (references) | ||
Thus in the early 1990s they embarked on a course of energy conservation. (references) | ||
Children | Ethiopia | Pregnancy at an early age often leads to obstetric fistulae and permanent incontinence. (references) |
Ethiopia | The Tigray Women's Association also has had an impact in changing societal attitudes toward early marriage. (references) | |
Ghana | In the report, officials attribute the lower female enrollment to the fact that many girls marry early or become pregnant. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Burma | He was released early in the year. (references) |
Ukraine | Antipresidential demonstrations took place in central Kiev early in the year. (references) | |
Spain | However, many persons with falsified documents are rejected early in the process. (references) | |
Discrimination | Kenya | There is credible evidence that the Government sponsored large-scale ethnic violence during the early 1990's, and there were some indications that some government officials have at least tolerated and in some instances instigated ethnic violence on a smaller scale since that time. (references) |
Economic History | Moldova | Early market entry is important. (references) |
Senegal | E-Commerce is at its early stages. (references) | |
Human Rights | East Timor | UNTAET members committed no extrajudicial killings during the early part of the year. (references) |
Belgium | The Justice Minister announced plans early in the year to reform the summary trial procedure. (references) | |
Malaysia | The defense claimed that the judge exerted pressure to bring the trial to an early conclusion. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Bangladesh | Bengali inhabitants in the CHT increased from 3 percent of the region's population in 1947 to approximately 50 percent of the area's population of 1 million persons in 1997. The Shanti-Bahini, a tribal group, had waged a low-level conflict in the CHT from the early 1970's until the signing of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord with the Government in December 1997. During the periods of violence, all of those involved--indigenous tribes, settlers, and security forces--accused each other of human rights violations. (references) |
Minorities | Mauritania | The reform also provides for English and civics to be introduced at an early stage. (references) |
Madagascar | An Indo-Pakistani community has resided in the country since the early part of the 20th century. (references) | |
Political Economy | BELGIUM | This number includes employed, unemployed, and workers on early pension. (references) |
PANAMA | Most EPZ's remain in the early stages of development, with only a few tenants. (references) | |
FRANCE | The employment picture improved early in the year, but deteriorated during summer. (references) | |
Political Rights | Madagascar | A runoff election in early 2002 appeared likely. (references) |
Armenia | Regular sessions are held twice a year: The first from mid-September to mid-December, and the second from early February until mid-June. (references) | |
Cameroon | The scheduled January 2002 municipal elections were postponed in early December, ostensibly to give the Observatory time to ensure free and fair elections. (references) | |
Trade | New Zealand | It is scheduled to begin operations in early 2002. (references) |
Kazakhstan | Kazakhstani export control laws and regulations are in the early stages of development. (references) | |
Finland | Early in 2000, Finnish-Swedish MeritaNordbanken and the Danish Unidanmark agreed on a merger. (references) | |
Travel | Russia | Winter clothes may be needed as early as October or as late as April. (references) |
West Bank | Businesses and offices close in the early afternoon of the day before. (references) | |
Kenya | The use of first names at an early stage of a business relationship is acceptable. (references) | |
Women | Kenya | FGM usually is performed at an early age. (references) |
Bolivia | Young girls often leave school early to work at home or in the economy. (references) | |
Cameroon | In July ALVF organized a seminar on early marriages in Maroua, Far North Province. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Albania | From January to early October, 46 women were repatriated by the program. (references) |
Cameroon | In rural areas, many children begin work at an early age on family farms. (references) | |
Zimbabwe | However, cases from as early as 1997 remained pending with the LRT at year's end. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ELYSIUM, n. An imaginary delightful country which the ancients foolishly believed to be inhabited by the spirits of the good. This ridiculous and mischievous fable was swept off the face of the earth by the early Christians -- may their souls be happy in Heaven! |
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Ann Richards | Well, Gephardt, interestingly enough is going to look like he's doing pretty well because Iowa is that early primary. |
Bob Barker | Well I got up one morning and I realized that there was something wrong with my peripheral vision, and I got up very early and I thought, well, I'm going to call the doctor. I thought, he's not going to be open yet. I'll go work out. |
Dennis Miller | With their eyes set on early retirement, parents now start their kids in sports younger and younger. |
Fran Drescher | I'm not a suer. I didn't sue anybody. I want to help people and I want to raise consciousness, and I want people, men and women alike, to become more aware of what early warning signs of cancer is and to empower themselves. |
Jack Lemmon | That's just a bad lesson that a lot of people have to learn. I learned it early, and I was also advised early by people that really knew. You cannot wait for the laugh because you never know. |
John McCain | Oh, yeah. Sure. The whole secret, as in most problems, is early detection. And every three months, I religiously visit my wonderful dermatologist. And she had this one worked on, and I'm sure she'll have more work ahead of her. |
Laura Bush | We discussed early on, months ago what we wanted the Christmas to be like, and I thought this would be a really pretty hallway. |
Rush Limbaugh | The story of the Pilgrims actually begins in the early part of the Seventeenth Century, when the Church of England under King James I was persecuting anyone who didn't recognize its absolute civil and spiritual authority. |
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | Thirty days from the commencement of this session being the legal limitation of the employment of the militia, Congress can not be too early occupied with this subject. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Providence in His goodness gave it an early termination on this occasion and lessened the number of victims which have usually fallen before it. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | But the Departments of Foreign Affairs and of the Interior, which early after the formation of the Government had been united in one, continue so united to this time, to the unquestionable detriment of the public service. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Such measures as are within the power of the Executive have been taken to ascertain the value of the stock and procure the payment as early as possible. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | The Commission is already at work and its recommendations will be made at an early date. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Americans, I believe, are united in the hope that the Paris talks will bring an early peace to Vietnam. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | We are now in the early stages of economic recovery following a short recession. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | President Yeltsin's early response has been very positive, and I expect our talks at Camp David to be fruitful. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Tonight, I propose the first ever national effort to reduce class size in the early grades. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Accountability helps address problems early, before it's too late. |
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| "Early" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 70.93% of the time. "Early" is used about 24,993 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 70.93% | 17,727 | 525 |
| Adverb (general) | 29.07% | 7,266 | 1,332 |
| Total | 100.00% | 24,993 | N/A |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "early" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Early | Last name | 6,000 | 1,994 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "early". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Bethphage | N/A | Biblical | Of early figs |
| Shechem | N/A | Biblical | Back early in the morning |
| Zophar | N/A | Biblical | Rising early |
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1. Early, IA (city, FIPS 23475) 2. Early, TX (city, FIPS 21904) |
Expressions using "early": Adenovirus Early Proteins ♦ air defense early warning ♦ arrive early ♦ as early as ♦ at an early age ♦ at an early date ♦ at an early hour ♦ be an early bedder ♦ be an early bird ♦ be an early riser ♦ be an early stirrer ♦ be early ♦ be early to rise ♦ be too early ♦ bright and early ♦ come early ♦ coming early ♦ early afternoon ♦ Early Ambulation ♦ early autumn ♦ early bird ♦ Early Branch ♦ early childhood ♦ early christian ♦ early christians ♦ early coral root ♦ Early County ♦ early days ♦ early edition ♦ Early English ♦ Early English architecture ♦ early evening ♦ early frosts ♦ early fruit ♦ early health impairments ♦ early history ♦ early in life ♦ early in the evening ♦ early in the life ♦ early in the month ♦ early in the morning ♦ Early Intervention (Education) ♦ early loser ♦ early lunch ♦ early manhood ♦ early maturity ♦ early morel ♦ early morning ♦ early morning coffee ♦ early next week ♦ early on ♦ early PL/I ♦ early process design integrated with controls ♦ early processing ♦ early purple orchid ♦ early queening ♦ early repayment ♦ early resupply ♦ early retirement ♦ early ripening ♦ early riser ♦ early rising ♦ early service on christmas day ♦ early signing ♦ early spider orchid ♦ early stage ♦ early symptom ♦ early tools ♦ early vegetables ♦ early warning ♦ early warning radar ♦ early warning system ♦ early winter cress ♦ early wood ♦ get home early ♦ get up early ♦ go early to the work ♦ going early ♦ improvised early resupply ♦ in early spring ♦ in early youth ♦ in the early evening ♦ in the early morning ♦ in the early spring ♦ in the early summer ♦ initial early resupply ♦ keep early hours ♦ light of early dawn ♦ make an early start ♦ mature early ♦ medicated early weaning ♦ policy planning and early warning unit ♦ ripen early ♦ ripening early ♦ rise early ♦ segregated early weaning ♦ shrinkage at early ages ♦ start early ♦ the early bird catches the worm ♦ too early ♦ very early. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "early": early-adopters, early-afternoon, early-age, early-bather, early-bird, early-break, early-century, early-closing, early-comers, early-day, early-diagnosed, early-eighteenth, early-eighties, early-eleventh-century, early-emphasized, early-evening, early-fifth-century, early-flavian, early-flowering, early-formed, early-forties, early-fourteenth, early-fourteenth-century, early-fourth, early-generated, early-hours, early-ish, early-learned, early-life, early-maturing, Early-may, early-mid, early-middle-aged, early-mid-'sixties, early-midsummer, early-modern, early-morning, early-morning erection, early-morning hard-on, early-morning hour, early-music, early-nineteenth, early-nineteenth-century, early-open, early-release, early-renaissance, early-retired, early-riser, early-rising, early-season, early-session, early-seventeenth-century, early-seventies, early-shift, early-sixth-century, early-stage, early-start, early-starting, Early-stuart, early-summer, early-third, early-to-mid, early-to-mid-fifties, early-twelfth-century, early-twentieth, early-twentieth-century, early-victorian, early-warning, early-winter, early-year. | |
Ending with "early": cretaceous-early, immediate-early. | |
Containing "early": Immediate-Early Proteins. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
early symptom of pregnancy | 3,224 | early retirement | 151 |
early sign of pregnancy | 1,663 | day of our life early edition | 149 |
early childhood education | 827 | early childhood development | 143 |
early bird | 528 | very early sign of pregnancy | 141 |
early pregnancy test | 526 | early intervention | 132 |
early education | 522 | very early pregnancy symptom | 122 |
early literacy | 467 | early teen | 101 |
early show | 441 | early learning center | 100 |
early november | 414 | early | 97 |
early pregnancy | 380 | early labor sign | 95 |
early childhood | 374 | early edition | 88 |
early years education | 362 | early winter | 84 |
childhood early environment | 360 | retire early | 83 |
early menopause | 299 | bronco early rebuild | 82 |
early menopause symptom | 174 | pregnancy early sign symptom | 80 |
early lyrics november | 173 | early morning saturday show | 79 |
cbs early show | 172 | early man | 73 |
early miscarriage | 170 | early american furniture | 71 |
early bronco | 159 | early head start | 59 |
early hiv symptom | 159 | early pregnancy spotting | 58 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "early"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | vroegtydig, vroeg. (various references) | |
Albanian | para kohe (beforehand, in advance, precociously), në të ardhmen e afërt, në fillim (at first, at the beginning, first, in the first instance, initially, originally), i së ardhmes së afërt, i së ardhmes, i parakohshëm (immature, premature, previous, untimely), i parë (aboriginal, first, foremost, former, front, headmost, initial, maiden, opening, original, premier, primary, primitive, progenitor), i lashtë (age-old, ancient, antique, grey, grey headed, Hoar, hoary, old, old world, primaeval, primeval, primordial), i hershëm (forehanded, forward, old time, original, precocious, primaeval, primeval, young), i herët (rath, rathe, ratheripe), herët (betimes), fillor (elementary, opening, primary). (various references) | |
Arabic | في وقت مبكر, منذ الطفولة, مبكرا (soon), مبكر (coming early, going early, morning, precocious, premature), باكرا (betimes, soon), باكر. (various references) | |
Aymara | huilljta (early morning). (various references) | |
Blackfoot | ipana. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | рано (betimes, soon), ранен (casualty, forced, injured, matutinal, rath, rathe, wounded, young, youthful), ран (rath, rathe), преждевременно (prematurely, short, untimely). (various references) | |
Catalan | aviat. (various references) | |
Chinese | 及早 (Earlier, Earliest), 早 (morning), 先 (first, former, in advance, prior). (various references) | |
Czech | raný (forward), brzy (before long, betimes, presently, shortly, soon), brzký (speedy), èasný (forward), èasnì. (various references) | |
Danish | tidligt, tidlig. (various references) | |
Dutch | vroeg, pril (young). (various references) | |
Esperanto | frue, frua. (various references) | |
Faeroese | tíðliga, árla. (various references) | |
Farsi | مربوطبه قدیم , زود (Soon), عتیق , اولیه (Incipient, Preliminary, Primal, Prime, Primeval, Rudiment, Rudimentary), دراوایل , درابتدا, بزودی (Anon, Soon). (various references) | |
Finnish | aikaisin, aikainen. (various references) | |
French | de bonne heure, tôt. (various references) | |
Frisian | betiid. (various references) | |
German | früh (early in the morning, morning, soon), baldig (quick, soon, speedy), zeitig (at the right time, forward, in time), frühzeitig (in good time, precocious, premature, untimely). (various references) | |
Greek | νωρίσ (soon), νωρίς, πρώιμοσ (premature), πρώιμος (immature), πρόωροσ (precocious, premature, untimely), από νωρίσ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מוקדם (preliminary), מבוכר (precocious, ripe), השכם, במוקדם, בהקדם (soon). (various references) | |
Hungarian | korai (forward, precocious, premature, premised, untimely). (various references) | |
Icelandic | snemma. (various references) | |
Indonesian | pertama (first), mula-mula, dini, awal (beginning, commencement, first, start). (various references) | |
Irish | go moch. (various references) | |
Italian | di buon'ora (betimes), Presto (before long, fast, in a short time, presto, quick, quickly, shortly, soon, swiftly). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 速い (fast, quick, swift), 速く (fast), 早早と (all in good time, quickly: promptly), 早早 (quickly), 早々 (quickly), 早い (fast, quick, swift), 早い , 早く (fast), 初期 (initial, initial stage). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | そうそう (attendance at a funeral, beginning, brevity, distinguished, eminent, facies, funeral, hurry, inauguration, quickly, rudeness), しょき (anticipated, clerk, desire, expectation, expected, heat stroke, hope, hoped-for, hot weather, initial, initial stage, secretary, sunstroke), はやばやと (all in good time, quickly: promptly), はやばや (quickly), はやい (fast, quick, swift), はやく (breach of contract, breaking of word, fast, minor role). (various references) | |
Korean | 일찌기 (Earlier, Earliest). (various references) | |
Manx | roish yn traa (premature), moghey (timely), mogh, leah (prompt), dy traa (betimes, punctual), dy lheah (promptly). (various references) | |
Norwegian | tidlig. (various references) | |
Papiamen | tempran. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | earlyay.(various references) | |
Polish | wczesny, wcześnie. (various references) | |
Portuguese | cedo (betimes, forehand, soon), prematuro (abortive, forehanded, forward, immature, premature, untimely). (various references) | |
Romanian | devreme (betimes, soon, untimely). (various references) | |
Romany | kuy khorichka (early afternoon). (various references) | |
Russian | рано. (various references) | |
Scottish | moch (betimes, soon). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | rano (betimes), rani (forward, precocious), prevremeni (premature, rath, rathe). (various references) | |
Spanish | temprano (ere, matutinal, rathe, soon). (various references) | |
Sranan | fruku (curse). (various references) | |
Swahili | mapema. (various references) | |
Swedish | tidig (matutinal), bittida (rearly). (various references) | |
Tagalog | maága. (various references) | |
Thai | แต่แรก, ก่อนเวลาที่กำหนดไว้. (various references) | |
Turkish | evvel (ago, ante, ante-, before, ere), eski (ancient, archaic, auld, bygone, crusted, cut and dried, disused, earlier, erstwhile, ex, ex-, former, immemorial, late, obsolete, of long standing, of old, old, old time, old timer, olden, onetime, out of date, passe, passee, previous, prior, quondam, secondhand, sometime, trite, used, vet, veteran), erkenden (betimes, soon), erken (before time, betimes, matutinal, premature, soon), zamanından önce (premature), ilk olarak (at first, first, first of all, first time, firstly, for starters, in first place, in the first instance, initially, primarily), ilk (elementary, first, initial, initiative, initiatory, maiden, preliminary, premier, primal, primary, prime, primitive, primordial, pristine, proto-, the very first), başlangıç (approach, beginning, big bang, commencement, commencing, cradle, dawn, departure, doorway, elementary, exordium, first, go off, inception, incipience, incipiency, incunabula, infancy, introduction, lead off, morning, off, onset, origin, outset, preamble, preliminary, prelude, prime, proem, prolog, prologue, push off, setout, start, starting, take off, toe-hold), acele (bustle, discomposedly, dispatch, expedition, fast, flying, haste, hastily, hasty, hotfoot, hurried, hurriedly, hurry, hurry up, in a hurry, in haste, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitate, press, pressing, quick, rapid, rush, speedy, swift, too previous, urgency, urgent, whirl), önce (above, afore, ago, ante, ante-, back, before, ere, first, firstly, in advance, pre-, prior, prior to, pro-), çabuk (apace, be quick, come, come on, expeditious, fast, hasty, hurry, hurry up, in double time, in good time, light footed, lissom, lissome, nimble, precipitous, presto, prompt, pronto, quick, quick-action, quickly, rapid, ready, sharp, snappy, soon, speedy, swift, swiftly). (various references) | |
Turkmen | irki (earlier), ir. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | старовинний (antiquarian, antique, elder, eldest, old, old time, old world, pristine, vintage), скоростиглий (forward, precocious), скороспілий, скоро (anon, in a while, near, odd-come-shortly, shortly, soon), своєчасно (betimes, in season, on time, opportunely, seasonably, speedily), рано (ere, rare, soon), ранній (first, matutinal, premature, rathe, youthful), на початку, завчасно (aforehand, beforehand, plenty of time), завчасний (anticipatory, forehand, timely), достроковий (anticipatory). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sớm (precocious, premature), chúng ta đã lừa được anh rồi, ban đầu (initial, initially), ở lúc ban đầu, đầu mùa gần đây. (various references) | |
Welsh | yn gynnar, cynnar, bore (morning). (various references) | |
Xhosa | ekuseni (Early morning, Very earlyin the morning), kwekuseni (Of the early morning). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | gar. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Alternaria solani, alternariose, celeres, celerius, citiorum, citius, cito, mane, maturae, mature, maturius, matutina, matutinae, matutinam, matutini, matutinis, matutino, matutinos, matutinum, primitiva, primitivis, primitivo, primitivorum, primitivum, primitivus, prisca, priscam, temporaneam, temporaneum, temporaneus, temporivam, temporivum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 27, Verse 14 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui benedicit proximo suo voce grandi de nocte consurgens maledicenti similis erit |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Who blissith to his neyhebore with a gret vois, fro nyyt risende, to the cursere shal be lic. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | He who gives a blessing to his friend with a loud voice, getting up early in the morning, will have it put to his account as a curse. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 27, Verse 14 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Siya nga manalangin sa usa ka higala uban sa usa ka makusog nga tingog, sa pagbangon sayo sa kabuntagon, Kini pagaisipon nga usa ka panghimaraut alang kaniya. |
| Croatian | Tko pozdravlja svoga prijatelja naglas, a rano ujutro, prima mu se blagoslov za kletvu. |
| Danish | Den, som årle højlydt velsigner sin Næste, han får det regnet for Banden. |
| Dutch | Die zijn vriend zegent met luider stem, zich des morgens vroeg opmakende, het zal hem tot een vloek gerekend worden. |
| Finnish | Joka siunaa ystäväänsä isoäänisesti aamulla varhain, sille se luetaan kiroukseksi. |
| French | Si l`on bénit son prochain à haute voix et de grand matin, Cela est envisagé comme une malédiction. |
| German | Wenn einer seinen Nächsten des Morgens früh mit lauter Stimme segnet, das wird ihm für einen Fluch gerechnet. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Siapa pagi-pagi mengucapkan salam kepada kawannya dengan suara yang kuat, dianggap mengucapkan laknat. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Orang yang memuji sahabatnya dengan nyaring suaranya sambil bangun pagi-pagi, maka ia itu dapat dibilangkan baginya akan laknat. |
| Italian | Benedire il prossimo di buon mattino ad alta voce gli sarà imputato come una maledizione. |
| Maori | ¶ Ko te tangata e maranga ana i te atatu, he nui hoki tona reo ki te manaaki i tona hoa ka kiia tana he kanga. |
| Norwegian | Den som velsigner sin venn med høi røst* tidlig om morgenen, ham skal det regnes som en forbannelse. # <* på en hyklersk måte.> |
| Portuguese | O que bendiz ao seu amigo em alta voz, levantando-se de madrugada, isso lhe será contado como maldição. |
| Rumanian | Binecuvkntarea aproapelui cu glas tare dis de dimineayq, este privitq ca un blestem. - |
| Russian | лФП ЗТПНЛП ИЧБМЙФ ДТХЗБ УЧПЕЗП У ТБООЕЗП ХФТБ, ФПЗП УПЮФХФ ЪБ ЪМПУМПЧСЭЕЗП. |
| Swedish | Den som välsignar sin nästa med hög röst bittida om morgonen, honom kan det tillräknas såsom en förbannelse. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "early": earlywood, earlywoods. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "early": biyearly, clearly, dearly, interlinearly, linearly, nearly, pearly, rectilinearly, semiyearly, yearly. (additional references) | |
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"Early" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Araly, arly, bearly, eacl, Eagley, eagly, ealr, Ealric, ealu, eariy, earlem, earlia, earlyh, earole, earty, eary, easly, eaul, eily, eirl, Eirlys, eiry, Ejalu, Eorl, Eralp, eraly, eray, erlo, erly, Ersly, eurl, eury, Euryl, exakly, fearly, larly, mearly, rarly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "early" (pronounced er"lē) |
| 3 | er" l ē | Burley, burly, curly, girlie, Hurley, hurly, pearly, surly. |
| 2 | -l ē | abruptly, absolutely, absurdly, abundantly, abysmally, academically, accidentally, accidently, ably, abnormally, accordingly, accumulatively, accurately, accusingly, acidly, acoustically, actively, actually, acutely, adamantly, additionally, adequately, administratively, admirably, admiringly, admittedly, adroitly, adversely, advisedly, aerobically, aerodynamically, aesthetically, affectionately, affectively, affirmatively, aggressively, agonizingly, agriculturally, aimlessly, alarmingly, alchemically, algebraically, allegedly, allele, alley, alphabetically, alternately, alternatively, amazingly, ambitiously, amiably, amicably, amply, amusingly, analytically, anatomically, anecdotally, anencephaly, angelically, angrily, annually, anomaly, anonymously, anxiously, apologetically, appallingly, apparently, appealingly, appreciably, appreciatively, appropriately, approvingly, approximately, aptly, arbitrarily, architecturally, archly, ardently, arguably, arrogantly, artfully, artificially, artistically, assembly, assertedly, assertively, assiduously, assuredly, astonishingly, astoundingly, astronomically, astutely, athletically, attentively, attractively, audibly, austerely, authentically, authoritatively, automatically, autonomously, avidly, avowedly, awesomely, awfully, awkwardly, badly, Bailey, Bailie, baldly, bally, barely, barley, basically, bearishly, beautifully, belatedly, belly, beneficially, benignly, bialy, bilaterally, Billie, Billy, bimonthly, biologically, bitterly, biweekly, blandly, blankly, blatantly, blindly, blissfully, blithely, bluntly, bodily, boldly, botanically, bracingly, bravely, brazenly, breathlessly, breathtakingly, briefly, brightly, brilliantly, briskly, broadly, broccoli, Brolly, brotherly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: layer, leary, relay. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-r-y" | |
-1 letter: aery, aryl, earl, eyra, lear, lyre, rale, real, rely, yare, year. | |
-2 letters: ale, are, aye, ear, era, lar, lay, lea, ley, lye, ray, rya, rye, yar, yea. | |
-3 letters: ae, al, ar, ay, el, er, la, re, ya, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-r-y" | |
+1 letter: aerily, argyle, barely, barley, bleary, dearly, elytra, flayer, lawyer, layers, lyrate, nearly, parley, pearly, player, rallye, rarely, really, realty, relays, replay, slayer, yarely, yearly. | |
+2 letters: alertly, allayer, allergy, already, angerly, areally, argyles, barleys, bilayer, blarney, bravely, caloyer, charley, clayier, clearly, delayer, dryable, eagerly, earthly, flayers, gallery, gravely, greatly, greylag, inlayer, irately, lamprey, larceny, largely, lathery, lawyers, layered, layover, loyaler, lyrated, overlay, palfrey, parleys, parsley, peartly, pedlary, peytral, players, plenary, prelacy, pteryla, rallyes, ravelly, rayless, raylike, readily, reality, reapply, regally, relayed, replays, sealery, slavery, slayers, sparely, tearily, trawley, treacly, virelay, wearily. | |
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