Already

Definition: Already

Already

Adverb

1. Prior to a specified or implied time; "she has already graduated".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "already" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Already \Al*read"y\, adverb. [All (OE. al) ready.]. (references)

Priority

Adverb: before, prior to; earlier; previously; Adjective: afore, aforehand, beforehand, ere, theretofore, erewhile; ere then, ere now, before then, before now; erewhile, already, yet, beforehand; on the eve of.

The Past

Retrospectively; ere now, before now, till now; hitherto, heretofore; no longer; once, once upon a time; from time immemorial, from prehistoric times; in the memory of man; time out of mind; already, yet, up to this time; ex post facto.

The Present Time

At this time of day, today, nowadays; already; even now, but now, just now; on the present occasion; for the time being, for the nonce; pro hac vice.; on the nail, on the spot; on the spur of the moment, until now; to this day, to the present day.

Crosswords: Already

Of course i don't know that yet, and in a way i am dead already. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

It has already begun (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

But I guess you already know that (Mulholland Dr.; writing credit: David Lynch)

Luther said I could learn some things from you. I already know how to drink (The Sting; writing credit: David S. Ward)

But I already have a good man. (Who Framed Roger Rabbit; writing credit: Gary K. Wolf; Jeffrey Price)

Oh I'm already there (I'm Already There; performing artist: Lonestar)

No cause I am already here, oh no (Duck And Run; performing artist: 3 Doors Down)

It's in your brain, you already hot (I Do (Wanna Get Close To You); performing artist: 3LW)

She told me to come but I was already there (YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG; performing artist: AC/DC)

You've already won me over in spite of me (Head Over Feet; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

Don't be afraid of tomorrow, for God has already been there. (references; author: unknown)

There cannot be a crisis today; my schedule is already full. (references; author: unknown)

If you decide not to choose, then you've already made the wrong choice! (references; author: unknown)

Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. (references; author: unknown)

You are an engineer if you have memorized the program schedule for the Discovery channel and have seen most of the shows already. (references; author: unknown)

The Buildings Already Begun (1967)

Alright Already (1997)

I'm Already There (performing artist: Lonestar)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Clean It! Fix It! Eat It!: Easy Ways to Solve Everyday Problems with Brand-Name Products You've Already Got Around the House (reference)

• Forget Perfect: Finding Joy, Meaning, and Satisfaction in the Life You'Ve Already Got and the You You Already Are (reference)

• How to Be a Canadian: Even If You Already Are One (reference)

• How to Get What You Want in Life With the Money You Already Have (reference)

• One Up on Wall Street: How to Use What You Already Know to Make Money in the Market (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Enough Already (Animated) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Already (reference)

• I'm Already There (reference)

• Thank You For Telling Me What I Already Know (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Amphibious landing beach on Tinian at H+5 hours Note survey crew on left already beginning work for artillery survey. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Lieutenant Bortniak at the controls. Already growing a nice set of whiskers. Exploring the wreck of a Hercules C-130 at the end of the runway. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Numerous fragments of Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmatta, lie on the reef damaged by the grounding. In the foreground, some have already been reattached. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

At mid-construction, the main pools are already created but the streambank stabilization has not yet begun. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. New sand deposit already being undercut after three days. Following passage of Hurricane Bob on August 19. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Aerial photo used for conservation planning by the NRCS shows conservation practices already in place. Such maps are increasingly being made available on the Web. Credit: Unknown.

Are you among the many American adults who have trouble digesting lactose? Then you may already know about the lactose-free products that we've developed by altering a bacterium used to make cheese and yogurt. It produces an enzyme that in turn breaks down the milk's lactose, sparing you and upset stomach. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Look, School's Already Hard Enough : Why Would I Want To Get Drunk And Make It Worse?. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Lithograph by Currier & Ives, New York, providing a curious (and quite inaccurate) view of the action off Fort Pillow in which the Confederate River Defense Fleet, under Captain James E. Montgomery, attacked Federal gunboats. The print identifies the following ships (from left to right): CSS "Mallory" (a non-existent vessel, shown sinking); CSS Louisiana (an ironclad that had already been destroyed by this time); USS Cincinnati; USS Benton; USS Cairo; USS Carondelet; USS Saint Louis; and USS Conestoga. Credit: NAVY.

In port, probably at Boston, Massachusetts, on 2 May 1917. At that time, she had not been formally purchased by the Navy, but was apparently already in commission. She served during World War I as USS Actus (SP-516). Stricken on 17 June 1919, she was transferred to the War Department on 20 July 1920. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

There is one way more whereby such a government may be dissolved, and that is, when he who has the Supream Executive power, neglects and abandons that charge, so that the laws already made can no longer be put in execution. (Second Treatise of Government)

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. (reference)

Congress, on the 21st of February, 1787, adopted a resolution in favor of a convention, and the Legislatures of those States which had not already done so (with the exception of Rhode Island) promptly appointed delegates. (reference)

It is the essential criterion of appellate jurisdiction, that it revises and corrects the proceedings in a cause already instituted, and does not create that cause. (reference)

Communism is already acknowledged by all European Powers to be itself a Power. (reference)

Fourth.­The adoption of an eight hours day or a forty-eight hours week as the standard to be aimed at where it has not already been attained. (reference)

Already we use together a large number of islands; more may well be entrusted to our joint care in the near future. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Perhaps it is paid already.

But there was no use in replying, as he had already vanished round the bend of the road

The Census report, like most such surveys, had cost an awful lot of money and didn't tell anybody anything they didn't already know - except that every single person in the Galaxy had 2.4 legs and owned a hyena

His eloquence and religious fervour had already given the earnest of high eminence in his profession

We have but little to add to what the reader already knows, concerning what had happened to Jean Valjean, since his adventure with Petit Gervais

He had tried to spell out the headline for himself though he knew already what it was for it was the last of the book

I have already.

Tom, his face already smudged with oil, looked out between the wheels

I have already told the reader, that every night when the family were gone to bed it was my custom to strip and cover myself with my clothes

Thus I could avoid all trade and barter, so far as my food was concerned, and having a shelter already, it would only remain to get clothing and fuel

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Examples of such guidelines already exist. (references)

By contact with an already infested person. (references)

You already know you need to watch how much you drink. (references)

Business

Several plants have already started production. (references)

Pharmacy chains already exist in the form of Cefarm chains. (references)

Large U.S. companies are already well established in China. (references)

Children

Solomon Islands

Since 1999 the already poor state of education worsened. (references)

Greece

New universities have opened in the provinces, along with new departments in already existing universities. (references)

Switzerland

Most cantons already have implemented some provisions for persons with disabilities, but there is no countrywide standard. (references)

Civil Liberties

Sri Lanka

It permitted those already in the country to remain. (references)

Greece

Press reports estimated that it would take 3 years to process the applications already submitted. (references)

Cameroon

The demonstrators had merged into a march already taking place in commemoration of International Women's Day. (references)

Economic History

China

The trend is already evident. (references)

Norway

Mobile Commerce is already becoming a reality. (references)

Poland

A majority of them have already been privatized. (references)

Human Rights

Dominican Republic

Time already served counts toward a sentence. (references)

India

The arrests led to the overcrowding of already congested jails. (references)

Bolivia

A lower court judge already had sentenced the two to 2 years in jail. (references)

Indigenous People

Guatemala

Judges, prosecutors, public defenders, judicial translators, and others already have received the degree, which emphasizes criminal law and human rights. (references)

Taiwan

The island's only non-Chinese minority group consists of the aboriginal descendants of Malayo-Polynesians already established when the first Chinese settlers arrived. (references)

Bangladesh

The pressure on the Garo community has resulted in greater migration to urban areas and to the Indian state of Meghalaya, threatening the existence of an already small community estimated at only 16,000 persons. (references)

Minorities

Hungary

The law already has been applied several times; there was one case pending at year's end. (references)

Japan

Several local governments already have changed their rules in response to the Government's position. (references)

Switzerland

Federal penal law already prohibits racial discrimination, and police have used this law to monitor and close such web sites. (references)

Political Economy

HAITI

Haiti already is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. (references)

JORDAN

A number of banks have already started providing tele-banking and e-banking services. (references)

China

Trade and foreign investment are helping to modernize an already rapidly growing economy. (references)

Political Rights

Tanzania

The opposition boycotted the re-run election, claiming that the elections already had been compromised. (references)

Equatorial Guinea

The pact also stipulated an end to various political and electoral abuses and the extension of voting rights already nominally provided in the Constitution. (references)

Switzerland

Quotas already exist at the Federal level and ensure that males or females are not underrepresented in extraparliamentary commissions; the minimum level of representation for women is 30 percent. (references)

Trade

France

An Ecolabel can already be issued for washing machines and dishwashers. (references)

Kenya

Thus, the only AFDB funded projects were those already funded and in the pipeline. (references)

Ghana

Some multi-national private sector companies have already adopted the ISO 9000 series. (references)

Travel

Ireland

It is already possible, however, to do business electronically in Euros. (references)

Armenia

Most parts of Yerevan already enjoy reliable direct-dial telephone service. (references)

Poland

People already in Poland are obliged to leave the territory of Poland to apply for their work visas. (references)

Women

El Salvador

Training for women generally is confined to low-wage occupational areas where women already hold most positions, such as teaching, nursing, home industries, and small businesses. (references)

Kuwait

Leading the call for questioning were Assembly members who voted for the law in 1996. In October the Minister of Education submitted a report on measures already taken and future plans for gender segregation. (references)

Kuwait

He claimed that cafeterias and hundreds of freshman and sophomore classes already had been segregated, but unless additional funds become available, it would be impossible to proceed with plans for new buildings and a new Women's College. (references)

Worker Rights

Niger

The latter condition already prevailed in the private sector. (references)

China

Ten of the workers already have died from silicosis and the rest have contracted the disease. (references)

Venezuela

The increase applied only to those already earning the minimum wage--about 15 percent of the labor force. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "already": i have already told you that ♦ the sun is up already. Additional references.

Beginning with "already": already-advanced, already-assumed, already-boiling, already-dead, already-depleted, already-done, already-established, already-estranged, already-excellent, already-existent, already-existing, already-flourishing, already-fragile, already-held, already-high, already-honed, already-hot, already-it, already-nervous, already-notable, already-opened, already-paid, already-perceptible, already-processed, already-published, already-read, already-submitted, already-tight, already-traded, already-urbanized, already-victorious, already-wealthy, already-widespread.

Ending with "already": engineer-already.

Afrikaans

reeds (by now, yet), klaar (by now, finished, ready, through, yet), alreeds (by now, yet), al (all, by now, yet). (various references)

Albanian

tashmë (yet), taminë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏فى ذلك الحين, ‏قد (may, may do, perhaps), ‏قبل الآن, ‏سابقا (before, beforetime, formerly, once upon a time, previous, previously). (various references)

Basque

dagoeneko. (various references)

Bulgarian 

вече (longer, more, yet), преди (afore, ago, before, beforehand, ere, or, preceding, preparatory to, previous to, prior to, since, whilom), досега (as yet, erenow, heretofore, hitherto, so far, thus far, till now, yet). (various references)

Catalan

ja. (various references)

Chinese 

都 (all, both, capital city, entirelyeach, even, metropolis), 憯 (sorrowful), 業經 , 既 (both..., since), 曾 (at some time in the past, before, great-grand, once), 已經 , 已经, 已 (afterwards, then, to stop), 嘗 (ever, flavor, formerly, indicator of past tense, once, test, to taste). (various references)

Croatian

veæ. (various references)

Czech

už (again, before, yet). (various references)

Danish

allerede (by now, yet). (various references)

Dutch

al (all, all of it, all the, although, by now, each, even if, every, every one, everybody, everyone, though, yet), reeds (by now, yet), alvast (by now, yet), alreeds (by now, yet). (various references)

Esperanto

jam (by now, yet). (various references)

Faeroese

longu (by now, yet). (various references)

Farsi 

پیش ازاین (Heretofore, Hitherto), قبلا (Beforehand, Erstwhile, Heretofore). (various references)

Finnish

jo (by now, yet). (various references)

Flemish

al (all). (various references)

French

déjà. (various references)

Frisian

alfêst (all the time, by now, in the meantime, meanwhile, yet), al (by now, yet). (various references)

Galician

xa. (various references)

German

schon (all right, anyway, by now, ever, just, really, yet), bereits (by now, price, yet). (various references)

Greek 

ήδη (by now, by then). (various references)

Guarani

roguerekóma (we have already), reîmapa (are you already ?), porãitereíma (already very well), ko'ãgaitéma (already even now), itujáma (it is already old), ipôrama (it is already o.k.), ika'arúma (it's already afternoon), hi'ajuporãmapa (are they already really ripe), hesakãmbáma (it is already totally clear). (various references)

Hebrew 

כבר (long ago). (various references)

Hungarian

már (before, out of sight out of mind, the black ox has trod on his foot, to be on the point of doing sg, yet). (various references)

Icelandic

nú þegar (by now, yet). (various references)

Indonesian

telah (have), sudah (done). (various references)

Irish

cheana (yet). (various references)

Italian

già (before, by now, formerly, previously, yet). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

既に (too late). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すでに (too late), すんでに (too late), せんこく (pronouncement, sentence, verdict, while ago), かねがね (lately, often), かねて (lately, previously, simultaneously), もう (again, more, soon), もはや (now), はやくも (as early as), はや (by this time, minnow, now, shinner), とうに (equals tokkuni: long ago), とっくに (a long time ago, long ago). (various references)

Korean 

이미. (various references)

Lombard

giamò (by now, yet). (various references)

Luxembourgish

schon. (various references)

Malagasy

efa. (various references)

Malay

sudah (by now, yet). (various references)

Manx

hannah (before now, ere now, foregone). (various references)

Papiamen

ya (by now, yet). (various references)

Pig Latin

alreadyay.(various references)

Polish

już (by now, yet). (various references)

Portuguese

já (anon, by now, ever, now, ready, yet). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

já. (various references)

Quechua

reqsinakunkiñachu (are you already acquainted), jakullayña (let's go already), iskwilamanña (to school already). (various references)

Romanian

deja (by now, yet), şi (also, and, but, by now, likewise, so as, too, yet). (various references)

Russian 

уже (along, by now, yet). (various references)

Scottish

cheana. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

već (but, yet), ionako. (various references)

Slovene

že. (various references)

Somali

horaan. (various references)

Sotho

se (do not, should not, very). (various references)

Spanish

ya (anymore, before, beforehand, by now, now, whether, yet). (various references)

Sranan

wansi (by now, yet), kaba (by now, come to an end, conclusion, end, end up, ending, expire, yet). (various references)

Swahili

nimeshaomba (I've already requested). (various references)

Swedish

redan (as early as, by now, even, yet), allaredan (by now, yet). (various references)

Tagalog

na (by now, not translatable, now, with, yet). (various references)

Turkish

zaten (anyway, as a matter of fact, besides, for the rest, in first place), halíhazirda (by now, yet), daha xímdíden (by now, yet), bile (as well, even, even if, nor yet, very), şimdiden, önceden (afore, aforetime, ahead, before now, beforehand, beforetime, ere now, erstwhile, formerly, heretofore, in advance, in anticipation, onetime, pre-, previously), çoktan (a long time ago, for a long time, long). (various references)

Turkmen 

eяяam (already I era). (various references)

Ukrainian

уже (along, yet), раніше (above, afore, aforetime, antecedently, anteriorly, before, before now, earlier on, erst, erstwhile, fore, formerly, in the past, previous to, previously, prior to, sooner, supra). (various references)

Vietnamese 

rồi; đã... rồi, đã. (various references)

Welsh

yn barod, eisoes. (various references)

Yucatec

tanili (by now, yet). (various references)

iam. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"Already" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Albreda, aleay, Aledby, Aleuad, Allendy, allready, Almeyda, Alrad, alrady, alrea, alreadly, alreadyt, alreay, alred, alredy, alreeady, alreet, aready, Areety. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: dearly.

-2 letters: alary, alder, areal, deary, delay, deray, early, lader, lardy, layed, layer, leady, leary, lyard, rayed, ready, redly, relay.

-3 letters: aery, alae, alar, area, aryl, dale, dare, deal, dear, dray, dyer, earl, eyra, lade, lady, lard, lead, lear, lyre, rale, raya, read, real, rely, yald, yard, yare, year, yeld.

-4 letters: aal, ala, ale.

-5 letters: aa.

+1 letter: defrayal, kaleyard, parlayed, readably.

+2 letters: defrayals, kaleyards, paralysed, paralyzed, radiately.

+3 letters: acrylamide, cardplayer, defrayable, reanalyzed.

+4 letters: acrylamides, adverbially, ballyragged, barefacedly, cardplayers, declamatory, declaratory, disparately, hydralazine, paraldehyde, readability.

+5 letters: abstractedly, cadaverously, carboxylated, daydreamlike, deflationary, disagreeably, drapeability, hardheadedly, heraldically, holidaymaker, hydralazines, ineradicably, octahedrally, overanalyzed, paraldehydes, rehydratable, sacerdotally, valetudinary, wallydraigle.