dictionary definitions for "already"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  already
      adv 1: prior to a specified or implied time; "she has already
             graduated"

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Already \Al*read"y\, adv. [All (OE. al) + ready.]
     Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or
     future; by this time; previously. "Joseph was in Egypt
     already." --Exod. i. 5.
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           I say unto you, that Elias is come already. --Matt.
                                                    xvii. 12.
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     Note: It has reference to past time, but may be used for a
           future past; as, when you shall arrive, the business
           will be already completed, or will have been already
           completed.
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