ALREADY Definition & Meaning | 亚洲网紅露点

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adverb

by this or that time; prior to or at some specified or implied time; previously:
When we came in, we found they had already arrived.
now; so soon; so early:
Is it noon already?
Informal. (used as an intensifier to express exasperation or impatience):
Let's go already!

already

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adverb

by or before a stated or implied time
he is already here
at a time earlier than expected
is it ten o'clock already?

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Confusables Note

Although already and all ready are often indistinguishable in speech, the written forms have distinct meanings and uses. The phrase all ready means 鈥渆ntirely ready鈥� or 鈥減repared鈥� ( I was all ready to leave on vacation ). Already means 鈥減reviously鈥� ( The plane had already left the airport ) or 鈥渟o soon鈥� ( Is it lunchtime already? ).

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of already¹

First recorded in 1350鈥�1400; Middle English al redy 鈥渁ll ready鈥�; what originally meant 鈥渃ompletely ( all ) ready鈥� and modified the subject ( The porter all ready was there ) was taken adverbially as modifying the predicate ( The porter already was there, meaning 鈥渇rom an earlier time鈥�)

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He already had kernels of the big dance.

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Four other cities in California, including San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland and Albany, already have a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages on the books, with Berkeley being the first city in the country to do so.

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Even using reserve players with the match already decided, Palisades took four of the last seven sets.

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The country had already witnessed a Trump presidency 鈥� and weathered it.

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There are also concerns the move will create more work for US border officials, who are already stretched as they try to stop drug smuggling.

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