Collocations for "already"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "already" in context.
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already
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adv
- already [done, present, included, left, sent, available, qualified]
- are already in [place, position, existence]
- is already at [work, school, home, war]
- already a [member, subscriber, customer, millionaire, star, father]
- already [here, there]
- (but) I was already prepared
- I've already done [it, my homework]
- has already been [done]
- the [player, team] has already qualified
- have you [finished] already?
- had already [finished] when
- has already been [done, seen, thought of] (before)
- have already [thought of, came up with] that
- already [thought, of] that
- has already left [work]
- can't have [finished, arrived] already
- already knows [where, when, how, what]
- as you may already [know, be aware, have guessed]
- already have [one, a copy, the details]
- is it [noon, time] already?
- missing you already!
- slang: [enough, stop it] already!
'already' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
April
- August
- July
- June
- achieve
- acquainted
- actually
- addition
- agenda
- air
- alarm
- allowance
- apex
- appendix
- appropriate
- approve
- arrangement
- asleep
- assume
- attached
- auction
- bail
- beforehand
- best
- billion
- binding
- boarding
- case
- chart
- chase
- confusion
- conversation
- correct
- countless
- culprit
- cup
- damage
- decision
- diet
- disconnect
- dog
- domain
- done
- drawn
- dusk
- enough
- enroll
- entrench
- fad
- foreshadow