Definition

Examples

• "Joe : Mr. Marron, you spoke to my colleague on the phone earlier today."
• "Listen up everybody, because of Bruno's work, all of you can leave early!"
• "In early February, hungry pandas stormed the gates of their Beijing enclosure, presumably due to a bamboo shortage."
• "I'd be happy to join you in Texas for a long weekend in early October."
• "Mr. Jones, you talked earlier about Delavigne's planned environmental initiatives-"
• "The Delavigne Corporation is delighted to announce the launch of the new and improved Classic Collection publicity campaign, still starring Ivana Bümbüm. Offering a more subtle approach than the first version of the Classic Collection campaign earlier this year, the new marketing strategy is more innovative in its attention to nuance, and its bespoke approach."
• "We'll have to strike earlier than anticipated."
• "Their partnership came to an unfortunate end however when Xavier died in a suspicious explosion in the early 1980s."
• "What you do in your own time is up to you, however since there is a high risk that this demonstration could erupt in violence, I would prefer that no one leave work early to attend."
• "Susie : It's funny, earlier in the helicopter, I thought... for a second, I thought you said... oh, never mind, it's so ridiculous."
• "Steffi : Actually, I will be early."
• "I tried calling earlier, but your secretary informed me that you were dynamite fishing at the lake on your ranch."
• "Please believe me when I say that, had I known about this site or this sale, I would have intervened earlier."
• "Today I ordered a new server (with 10 petabytes of storage space, 8 gigabytes of RAM and 2 quad core processors), but it will arrive early next week."
• "He was here earlier conducting a training session."
• "Say, can you see, by the dawn's early light?"
• "Speaking to reporters earlier today, Mr. Cheeter said, "The discounts were all my idea."
• "I'm sorry I didn't send it earlier - I forgot."
• "Besides I want to get out of here early and avoid rush hour."