Earliest

Definition: Earliest

Earliest

Adjective

1. (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early; "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"; "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera".

Adverb

1. With the least delay; "the soonest I can arrive is 3 P.M.".

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Date "earliest" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Earliest

Crosswords: Earliest

All of their crimes are playing-card-related, and the earliest playing card decks had swords, not spades (Batman Beyond; writing credit: Hilary Bader; Stan Berkowitz)

General von Brock, you must prepare to destroy the Remagen bridge at the earliest possible moment (The Bridge at Remagen; writing credit: Roger O. Hirson; Richard Yates)

Earliest Memory Exercise (2000)

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Books

• A Military History of the Western World: From the Earliest Times to the Battle of Lepanto (reference)

• Alexander: A History of the Origin and Growth of the Art of War from the Earliest Times to the Battle of Ipsus, 301 Bc, With a Detailed Account of the Campaigns (reference)

• First Foods: The Questions, the Facts, the Answers to Your Child's Earliest Feeding Dilemmas (reference)

• Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources (reference)

• Rings for the Finger; From the Earliest Known Times to the Present, With Full Descriptions of the Origin, Early Making, Materials, the Archaeology, H (reference)

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Music

• Drums of Defiance: Maroon Music from the Earliest Free Black Communities of Jamaica (reference)

• Her Earliest Successes (reference)

• Callas: The Earliest Testimonial (reference)

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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).

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has given astronomers their earliest look at a rapidly ... Credit: NASA.

Minerals venting from the seafloor, provide chemosynthetic sustenance for bacteria, some of Earth's earliest life,. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Launching a meteorological kite on the PRINCESS ALICE. This ship was the earliest to conduct upper-air studies at sea. In: "From the Surface to the Bottom of the Sea" by H. Bouree, 1912. Figure 21, p. 28. Library Call Number 525.8 B77. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Filling a meteorological kite with hydrogen on the PRINCESS ALICE. This ship was the earliest to conduct upper-air studies at sea. In: "From the Surface to the Bottom of the Sea" by H. Bouree, 1912. Figure 23, p. 30. Library Call Number 525.8 B77. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

An early published diagram of the principle of echo-sounding. Published in Special Publication No. 3 of the International Hydrographic Bureau, October 1924 . This is among the earliest of published diagrams of the echo-sounding principle. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Map of "Geology of the Sea Bottom in the Approaches to New York Bay." This map depicts the upper reaches of Hudson Canyon and the remnants of a valley in continental shelf. This early physiographic map was published in the Coast and Geodetic Survey Annual Report for 1884, Appendix 13, p. 438. It was drawn by Adolph Lindenkohl and is the earliest published map of a submarine canyon. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Possibly the earliest 3-D image of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. This model was made from observations on board the German research vessel METEOR between 1925 and 1927. The model resided in the German Museum of the Sea in Berlin prior to the Second World War. In: Bessmertny, Alexander, 1932. "Das Atlantis Ratsel," plate 7, p. 72. Leipzig, R. Voightlander, Publisher. 572.4 B559a. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

The very earliest rendition of a bathymetric map of an oceanic basin. Matthew Fontaine Maury published this map in 1853 in "Explanations and Sailing Directions to Accompany the Wind and Current Charts ...." This image was obtained through the courtesy of the United States Naval Observatory Gilliss Library. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

TIROS-N three dimensional cloud-top image of Hurricane Diana as it was strengthening from a Category III storm to a Category IV storm. This was one of the earliest three dimensional images of a hurricane from data obtained from satellite. Credit: NOAA in Space.

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From the serfs of the Middle Ages sprang the chartered burghers of the earliest towns. (reference)

They shall begin to run again at earliest three months after the coming into force of the present Treaty. (reference)

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How it would affect Frank was among the earliest thoughts of both

From the earliest epoch of her conscious life, she had entered upon this as her appointed mission

From the earliest dawn, Cosette laughed, prattled, and sang

If it had concerned either of the political parties, depend upon it, it would have appeared in the Gazette with the earliest intelligence

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Health

One of its earliest names was chorea,* which, as in "choreography," is the Greek word for dance. (references)

Currently, the earliest age of implantation is 24 months, but there are reasons to reassess this age limit. (references)

Drug therapies aimed at these various postsynaptic events are now being explored, although most are still in the very earliest phases of testing. (references)

Business

China publishes yearly investment in-flow numbers that, added together from the earliest significant investments in 1979, total $222 billion. (references)

In 1998 the government launched a heavily advertised and extremely successful free Pap smear testing campaign, in order to screen cervical cancer in its earliest stages. (references)

At the same time it issued a moratorium, which states that no further permits for releases or trading will be granted until at least 2003, which is the earliest date for which a new law can be expected. (references)

Economic History

Chad

In such cases, the earliest title has precedence. (references)

Portugal

Bilateral ties date from the earliest years of the United States. (references)

Bahrain

The MSF plant will not be commissioned until 2005 at the earliest. (references)

Human Rights

Bolivia

The public defender program also provides information about human rights to citizens and seeks to involve public defenders in arrest cases at the earliest possible juncture to ensure that human rights and due process are honored. (references)

Indigenous People

Gabon

The Baka (Pygmies) are the earliest known inhabitants of the country. (references)

Namibia

The Bushmen, also known as the San people, the country's earliest known inhabitants, historically have been exploited by other ethnic groups. (references)

Political Economy

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Recovery could come by the second quarter of 2002, at the earliest. (references)

RUSSIA

Final approval of a new code is not expected until the spring of 2002, at the earliest. (references)

HUNGARY

Hungary has harmonized many laws and regulations with European Union standards and has oriented economic policy towards the earliest possible accession date of January 1, 2003. (references)

Trade

India

The MDBO liaison officers in each of these institutions are dedicated to the identification of projects at the earliest possible stage. (references)

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Expressions using "earliest": at the earliest ♦ at the earliest opportunity ♦ at your earliest convenience ♦ earliest date ♦ earliest deadline first ♦ earliest event date ♦ earliest event time ♦ earliest finish date ♦ earliest start ♦ earliest start date ♦ earliest start time. Additional references.

Beginning with "earliest": earliest-known, earliest-looking.

Chinese 

及早 (Earlier, Early). (various references)

Czech

při nejbližší příležitosti (at the earliest opportunity), hned, jako se vám to bude hodit (at your earliest convenience), hned jak se vám to bude hodit (at your earliest convenience). (various references)

Danish

tidligste startdato (earliest date, earliest start date), tidligste slutdato (earliest finish date), tidligste hændelsesdato (earliest event date). (various references)

Dutch

vroegste gebeurtenisdatum (earliest event date), vroegst mogelijke einddatum (earliest finish date), vroegst mogelijke datum (earliest date), vroegst mogelijke begindatum (earliest start date). (various references)

Finnish

ensi (first, next), aikaisimmin. (various references)

French

prochain courrier/par le (earliest mail/by the), fin au plus tôt (earliest finish time), date de fin au plus tôt (earliest finish date, earliest finish time), date de début au plus tôt (earliest start, earliest start date, earliest start time), date au plus tôt d'un événement (earliest event date), date au plus tôt (earliest date, earliest event time), début au PLUS TOT (earliest start, earliest start time). (various references)

German

früheste (ultimate). (various references)

Greek 

νωρίτερη επιτρεπόμενη ημερομηνία έναρξης (earliest start date), νωρίτερη επιτρεπόμενη ημερομηνία γεγονότος (earliest event date), νωρίτερη επιτρεπόμενη ημερομηνία περάτωσης (earliest finish date), νωρίτερη επιτρεπόμενη ημερομηνία (earliest date). (various references)

Hungarian

minél korábban (at your earliest convenience), mihelyt csak megteheti (at your earliest convenience), mielőbb (at your earliest convenience), első adandó alkalommal (at your earliest convenience). (various references)

Italian

data minima di un evento (earliest event date), data minima di inizio (earliest start date), data minima di fine (earliest finish date), data minima (earliest date), al più presto (at the earliest). (various references)

Korean 

일찌기 (Earlier, Early). (various references)

Pig Latin

earliestay.(various references)

Portuguese

logo que seja possível (at your earliest convenience), data inicial (earliest date, inception date). (various references)

Russian 

самое раннее самый ранний. (various references)

Spanish

el mas temprano. (various references)

Swedish

förste (chief, first, foremost, front, initial, initiative, original, primary, principal), första (chief, first, foremost, front, initial, initiative, make out, original, primary, principal), äldst (eldest). (various references)

Turkish

en eski (oldest, primordial), en erken (at the earliest, soonest). (various references)

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Derivations

Words ending with "earliest": nearliest, pearliest. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Earliest" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eariest, earlist, earlyest, earlyish, Eirlys. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ateliers, leariest, realties.

-1 letter: aeriest, atelier, elaters, leister, realest, realise, realist, relates, reslate, retails, retiles, saltier, saltire, seriate, slatier, stealer, sterile, tailers.

-2 letters: aeries, airest, alerts, alters, aretes, ariels, artels, easier, easter, eaters, elater, elates, elites, estral, larees, laster, leaser, listee, lister, liters, litres, ratels, reales, relate, relets, relies, relist, resail, resale, reseal, reseat, resile, resite.

+1 letter: aerolites, beastlier, bleariest, cartelise, detailers, elaterids, elaterins, entailers, laetriles, laterites, laterizes, levirates, liberates, literates, materiels, misrelate, nearliest, pearliest, pearlites, realities, relatives, retailers, seriately, statelier, treenails, versatile.

+2 letters: adulteries, afterlives, aliterates, altimeters, arterioles, cartelised, cartelises, cartelizes, centralise, decaliters, dekaliters, disrelated, earthliest, easterlies, elaterites, elutriates, federalist, flatteries, generalist, interlaces, intervales, lethargies, limewaters, linecaster, literacies, meliorates, misaltered, misrelated, misrelates, neorealist, neutralise, periosteal, plaistered, psalteries, regalities, reinflates, replicates, retaliates, retrievals, revitalise, semestrial, sphalerite, stealthier, streamline, tailenders, treillages, tutelaries, varletries, waterlines, zealotries.