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already
[ awl-red-ee ]
adverb
- by this or that time; prior to or at some specified or implied time; previously:
When we came in, we found they had already arrived.
- now; so soon; so early:
Is it noon already?
- Informal. (used as an intensifier to express exasperation or impatience):
Let's go already!
already
/ 蓴藧濒藞谤蓻诲瑟 /
adverb
- by or before a stated or implied time
he is already here
- at a time earlier than expected
is it ten o'clock already?
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Confusables Note
Although already and all ready are often indistinguishable in speech, the written forms have distinct meanings and uses. The phrase all ready means 鈥渆ntirely ready鈥 or 鈥減repared鈥 ( I was all ready to leave on vacation ). Already means 鈥減reviously鈥 ( The plane had already left the airport ) or 鈥渟o soon鈥 ( Is it lunchtime already? ).
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of already1
First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English al redy 鈥渁ll ready鈥; what originally meant 鈥渃ompletely ( all ) ready鈥 and modified the subject ( The porter all ready was there ) was taken adverbially as modifying the predicate ( The porter already was there, meaning 鈥渇rom an earlier time鈥)
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Example Sentences
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Most of the key scheduling decisions have been made already.
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This time round they want to add to the tally in counties like Shropshire, Gloucestershire and Kent, where they already have bums on seats.
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And it exacerbated the economic pains in a region already reeling from cutbacks in the timber industry.
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Lee said his son was already struggling with depression and anxiety.
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Mr Gowing said he had already received expressions of interest from local and national leisure operators.
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