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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adverb 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 See also

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
received	read	together	#301: already	son	death	works

[ Etymology

(Old English alredi = al + redi) All + ready.

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɔːlˈrɛdi/, SAMPA: /O:l"rEdi/
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• Hyphenation: al·read·y

[ Adverb

already (not comparable)

1. Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.

   It was already dusk, and the lamps were just being lighted as we paced up and down in front of Briony Lodge, waiting for the coming of its occupant. —Doyle

2. So soon.

   Are you quitting already?

3. (US) An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation.

   I wish they'd finish already, so we can get going.

   Enough already! Be quiet already!

[ Usage notes

Already may be used with the past perfect (I have already done that), the future perfect (When you arrive, the business will already have been completed) as well as the simple future (When you arrive, thee business will already be complete).

[ Translations

prior to some time

Arabic: قبل الآن (qábla-l-’ān) Catalan: ja Chinese: 已经 (yǐjīng), 早已 (zǎoyǐ) Danish: allerede da(da) Dutch: al nl(nl), reeds nl(nl) Estonian: juba Ewe: xoxo Finnish: jo fi(fi), vielä fi(fi) French: déjà fr(fr) German: bereits de(de), schon de(de) Hebrew: כבר (kvar) Hungarian: már hu(hu) Irish: cheana Italian: già it(it)

Japanese: 既に (すでに, súde ni), もう (mō) Korean: 벌써 (beolsseo) Latin: iam la(la) Maltese: diġà Nahuatl: ye Persian: به این زودی (beh in zûdi) Polish: już pl(pl) Portuguese: já pt(pt) Romanian: deja ro(ro) Russian: уже (užé) Slovene: že sl(sl) Spanish: ya es(es) Swedish: allaredan sv(sv), redan sv(sv) Vietnamese: rồi; đã

[ See also

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