American English pronunciation

How to pronounce already

IPA transcription: [ɔl'ɹɛdi]

Pronunciation variants: [ɔl'ɹɛdi][ɔ'ɹɛdi][ɚ'ɛdi]

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Adverb

  • 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.