How to pronounce earlier

Earlier

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Pronounce Earlier as EH AH R L IY EH R.

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done prematurely or earlier than expected

earlier, earliest(adverb)

(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"

earlier, before(adverb)

earlier in time; previously

"I had known her before"; "as I said before"; "he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier"; "her parents had died four years earlier"; "I mentioned that problem earlier"

sooner, earlier(adverb)

comparatives of `soon' or `early'

"Come a little sooner, if you can"; "came earlier than I expected"

in the first place, earlier, in the beginning, to begin with, originally(adverb)

before now

"why didn't you tell me in the first place?"

so as to precede something in order of time

he had arrived earlier to take care of some preliminary matters

I caught an earlier flight.

I met Tom earlier this morning.

I saw Tom earlier this morning.

I spoke with Tom earlier today.

I was thinking about you earlier today.

My mother gets up earlier than anyone else.

I managed to get away earlier than I expected.

I was able to finish the work earlier than I had expected.

Because I had a bad cold, I went to bed earlier than usual.

I want to apologize for all the things I said earlier today.

earliest in the beginning originally ahead to begin with sooner in front in the first place before rather preferably primitively primarily antecedent anterior foregoing former forward front introductory precedent preceding preliminary previous prior previously early above formerly past soon ago already earller lately beforehand afore antecedently anteriorly preliminarily

after afterward afterwards later

• früher eher German
• προηγούμενος νωρίτερος Greek
• aikaisemmin aiemmin aikaisempi aiempi Finnish
• plus tôt French
• prima precedente Italian
• tidligere
• eerder Dutch
• mais cedo precedente anterior Portuguese
• раньше ранее более ранний Russian