ALREADY Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

already

adverb

ȯl-ˈre-dē

Definition of already

as in earlier

so as to precede something in order of time when we got back to the house, the movers had already left

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Recent Examples of already The office has already brought charges against four, including the mother of a 14-year-old boy accused of killing an elderly pedestrian while riding an e-motorcycle. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 For landscape companies like YardScapes in New Milford, owner Shayne Newman has already begun using smaller equipment, like leaf blowers, which can be charged at his facility. — Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026 Burnley have also confirmed that supporters who had already purchased replica shares with the now-former sponsor print have three options. — Andy Jones, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Labour leader Burnham is more popular than his predecessor Keir Starmer and has already proven his ability to take on Reform during his successful return to parliament earlier this summer. — Reagan Yip, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for already

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Jiang’s era saw China’s economy charge ahead and open up to the world, culminating with the country joining the World Trade Organization – with US support – in 2001.

— Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
All of that and more makes for an enticing season ahead, and a lot to wonder about, with the 2026 Chiefs … and their capacity to add more luster to Arrowhead’s legacy in its twilight years.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of ahead

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Bagherzadeh, who leads Iran’s armed forces’ missing persons search committee, earlier claimed that Qatar had held the three crew members for months after their planes were shot down early in the war.

— Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Los Angeles likes to draft tight ends a year early, since the transition, mentally and physically, at this position and in this offense is so extreme.

— Nate Atkins, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of early

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Tuesday's Dearborn City Council meeting was not business as usual, with anti-Islam protesters gathering before and during the meeting.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
That is, again, different from last year; Glenn knew Wilks but had never worked with him before.

— Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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