already
Also found in: Thesaurus, Idioms.
Related to already: All ready
already
so soon; previously: Oh, but I’ve already eaten.
Not to be confused with:
all ready – everyone is prepared, available, or willing: We are all ready to go to dinner now.
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embree
al·read·y
(ôl-rĕd′ē)adv.
1. By this or a specified time: The children were already asleep when we got home.
2. So soon: Are you quitting already?
3. Informal Used as an intensive: Be quiet already. Enough already.
[Middle English alredi : al, all; see all + redi, ready; see ready.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
already
(ɔːlˈrɛdɪ)adv
1. by or before a stated or implied time: he is already here.
2. at a time earlier than expected: is it ten o'clock already?.
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
al•read•y
(ɔlˈrɛd i)adv.
1. previously; prior to or at some specified or implied time.
2. so soon; so early.
3. Informal. (used as an intensifier to express exasperation or impatience): Let's go already!
[1350–1400; Middle English al redy literally, “all ready”]
usage: The written forms already and all ready have distinct uses and meanings. already means “previously” (The plane had already landed) or “so soon” (It's December already). The phrase all ready means “entirely ready, prepared”: I was all ready to leave for church.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
already
1. referring to an action
You use already to say that something has happened before now, or that it has happened sooner than expected. When referring to an action, most speakers of British English use a perfect form with already. They put already after have, has, or had, or at the end of a clause.
He had already left when I arrived.
I've had tea already, thank you.
Many speakers of American English, and some speakers of British English, use the past simple instead of the present perfect. For example, instead of saying 'I have already met him', they say 'I already met him' or 'I met him already'.
You already woke up the kids.
I told you already – he's a professor.
2. referring to a situation
Already is also used to say that a situation exists at an earlier time than expected.
If there is no auxiliary verb, you put already in front of the verb, unless the verb is be.
She already knows the answer.
By the middle of June the society already had more than 1000 members.
If the verb is be, you put already after it.
It was already dark.
Tickets are already available online.
If there is an auxiliary verb, you put already after the auxiliary verb.
This species is already considered endangered.
If there is more than one auxiliary verb, you put already after the first one.
Portable computers can already be plugged into TV sets.
You can put already at the beginning of a sentence for emphasis.
Already the company is three quarters of the way to the target.
Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Switch to new thesaurus
Adv. 1. [画像:already - prior to a specified or implied time]already - prior to a specified or implied time; "she has already graduated"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
already
adverb before now, before, previously, at present, by now, by then, even now, by this time, just now, by that time, heretofore, as of now They've spent nearly a billion dollars on it already.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
already
adverbAt a time in the past:
Archaic: aforetime, beforetime.
The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
بِالفِعْل سَابِقَاً، قَبْل الآن، قَد، الآنقَبْل الوَقْت المُتَوَقَّع
jižužještě
allerede
juba
jovielä
déjà d’ores et déjà
već
már
òegaròegar, strax
すでに
이미
iam
jau
jau
deja
predsa už
že
redanallaredan
แล้ว
đã
already
[ɔːlˈredɪ] ADV → yaLiz had already gone → Liz ya se había ido
is it finished already? → ¿ya está terminado?
that's enough already! (US) → ¡basta!, ¡ya está bien!
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
already
[ˌɔːlˈrɛdi] adv → déjàLiz had already gone → Liz était déjà partie.
Is it five o'clock already? → Il est déjà cinq heures ?
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
already
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
already
(oːlˈredi) adverb1. before a particular time; previously. I had already gone when Tom arrived; I don't want that book – I've read it already. klaar, reeds سَابِقَاً، قَبْل الآن، قَد، الآن преди já už schon allerede ήδη ya juba قبلاً؛ پیش از اینکه aiemmin déjà כבר पहले से već már sudah (nú) þegar già すでに 이미 jau jau sudah al alt, allerede już پخوا، مخکی لدی چی já deja уже už že već redan ที่เกิดแล้วก่อนหน้านี้ zaten, bile 已經 вже پہلے ہی đã...rồi 已经
2. before the expected time. Are you leaving already?; He hasn't gone already, has he? nou al قَبْل الوَقْت المُتَوَقَّع вече já už, ještě schon allerede κιόλας ya juba, veel هنوز؛ تا حالا jo déjà כבר पहले से već máris sudah (nú) þegar, strax già もう 벌써 jau jau sebelum waktunya al alt, allerede już تراوسه، لاتراوسه já deja уже už, predsa už že; še tako brzo/rano redan แล้ว şimdiden 提早,提前 вже قبل از وقت rồi à... 已经,提前
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
already
→ بِالفِعْل již allerede schon ήδη ya jo déjà već già すでに 이미 reeds allerede już já уже redan แล้ว zaten đã 已经Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
already
adv. ya.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- I'm already taking this medicine → أَنا أَتَنَاوَلُ بِالفِعْلِ هَذا الدَواءَ → Už užívám tyhle léky → Jeg tager allerede denne medicin → Ich nehme dieses Medikament bereits → Παίρνω ήδη αυτό το φάρμακο → Ya estoy tomando esta medicina → Käytän jo tätä lääkettä → Je prends déjà ce médicament → Ja već uzimam ovaj lijek → Prendo già questa medicina → 私はすでにこの薬を飲んでいます → 이미 이 약을 먹고 있어요 → Ik slik deze medicijnen al → Jeg tar allerede denne medisinen → Już biorę to lekarstwo → Eu já estou tomando este medicamento → Я уже принимаю это лекарство → Jag tar redan den här medicinen → ฉันได้รับยานี้ไปแล้ว → Bu ilacı alıyorum zaten → Tôi đang uống thuốc này rồi → 我已经服用这种药了
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009