already Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adverb prior to a specified or implied time
- she has already graduated
WordNet
Al*read"y adverb
Etymology
Definitions
Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously. "Joseph was in Egypt already." Exod. i. 5.I say unto you, that Elias is come already. Matt. xvii. 12.
✍ 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.