American English pronunciation
How to pronounce already
IPA transcription: [ɔl'ɹɛdi]
Pronunciation variants: [ɔl'ɹɛdi][ɔ'ɹɛdi][ɚ'ɛdi]
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Adverb
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prior to a specified or implied time
“she has already graduated”
Usage examples
- The team's already dreadful attendance dropped even further.
- Friends had already come through a schism a few years earlier involving Elias Hicks.
- "I didn't come here to have you read my palm," he said, already regretting having come.
- You forget I'm already a black widow.
- He fell asleep, and when he awoke the sun was already high.
- He had already seen many people come and go, and the desert remained as it was.
- The decision was already made.
- The men of the desert were already familiar with that wind.
- He had already seen many people come and go, and the desert remained as it was.
- Grants already made were not revoked.