Collocations for "early"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "early" in context.
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early
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- an early [shift, breakfast, finish, answer, reply]
- early [detection, payment, boarding]
- is an early [bird, riser]
- is too early for me
- the early [stages, years, days] of
- the early [stages] of her [career, development, training]
- in the early days
- in the early hours of the morning
- is an early example of
- early [Greek, Ottoman, Roman]
- early in the [morning, day, flight]
- earlier in the [day, meeting]
- earlier in the [match]
- [leave, arrive, finish, get up] early
- [five] [minutes] early (for)
- arrived early to [get, see, ensure, be]
- an early [shift, breakfast, finish, answer, reply]
- early [detection, payment, boarding]
- is an early [bird, riser]
- is too early for me
- the early [stages, years, days] of
- the early [stages] of her [career, development, training]
- in the early days
- early in the [morning, day, flight]
- in the early hours of the morning
- earlier in the [day, meeting]
- earlier in the [match]
- is an early example of
- early [Greek, Ottoman, Roman]
- it's still early [in the day, to start drinking]
- it's too early to [say, decide]
- [leave, arrive, finish, get up] early
- [five] [minutes] early (for)
- arrived early to [get, see, ensure, be]
'early' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
August
- December
- Friday
- January
- November
- October
- September
- Sunday
- Wednesday
- access
- advisable
- afternoon
- airport
- alarm
- ancestor
- arena
- arrival
- arrive
- as
- autumn
- bed
- beforehand
- bloom
- bright
- cancer
- century
- childhood
- clock
- colon
- condition
- cool
- death
- detection
- developer
- diagnosis
- dismiss
- drink
- dusk
- dwarf
- evening
- excuse
- exhibit
- fifty
- flimsy
- frost
- fruit
- gray
- grumble
- habit
- home