Already

//ɔːlˈɹɛdi//

Synonyms for "already" (38 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Adverb(1 words)
liao
Prep_phrase(1 words)
by now

Strong matches (11)

Particle(1 words)
lo

Related words (19)

Adverb(3 words)
sometimeswhilerewhilom

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Antonyms

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Related terms

29 entries

Showing 16 of 29 words.

derived

4 entries

etymologically related_to

2 entries

has context

1 entries

related to

14 entries

Translations

190 translations across 97 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • tashmë adv (prior to some time)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἤδη adv (prior to some time)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أوردي adv (prior to some time)
  • خلاص adv (prior to some time)
  • قبل كده adv (prior to some time)
  • قَد adv (prior to some time)

Armenian

1 entries
  • արդեն adv (prior to some time)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

2 entries
  • ܟܒ݂ܲܪ adv (prior to some time)
  • ܥܲܕܠܵܐ adv (prior to some time)

Asturian

1 entries
  • yá adv (prior to some time)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • artıq adv (prior to some time)

Basque

2 entries
  • dagoeneko adv (prior to some time)
  • jadanik adv (prior to some time)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • ужо́ adv (prior to some time)
  • ўжо adv (prior to some time)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ইতোমধ্যে adv (prior to some time)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • ве́че adv (prior to some time)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ပြီးပြီ adv (prior to some time)

Catalan

3 entries
  • ja adv (prior to some time)
  • ja adv (so soon)
  • ja adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎦᏳᎳ adv (prior to some time)

Chinese

1 entries
  • кәҗя adv (prior to some time)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 已經 /已经 adv (prior to some time)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 已 adv (prior to some time)
  • 已經 /已经 adv (prior to some time)
  • 已经 adv (prior to some time)
  • 早已 adv (prior to some time)

Cornish

1 entries
  • seulabrys adv (prior to some time)

Czech

2 entries
  • již adv (prior to some time)
  • už adv (prior to some time)

Danish

1 entries
  • allerede adv (prior to some time)

Dutch

4 entries
  • al adv (prior to some time)
  • al adv (so soon)
  • alreeds adv (prior to some time)
  • nu al adv (so soon)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 捌曾 adv (prior to some time)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • jam adv (prior to some time)

Estonian

1 entries
  • juba adv (prior to some time)

Ewe

1 entries
  • xoxo adv (prior to some time)

Faroese

1 entries
  • longu adv (prior to some time)

Finnish

4 entries
  • jo adv (prior to some time)
  • jo adv (so soon)
  • jo adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)
  • valmiiksi adv (prior to some time)

French

4 entries
  • déjà adv (prior to some time)
  • déjà adv (so soon)
  • enfin adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)
  • à la fin adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)

Friulian

3 entries
  • bielzà adv (prior to some time)
  • dizà adv (prior to some time)
  • za adv (prior to some time)

Galician

3 entries
  • xa adv (prior to some time)
  • xa adv (so soon)
  • xa adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)

Georgian

1 entries
  • უკვე adv (prior to some time)

German

4 entries
  • bereits adv (prior to some time)
  • endlich adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)
  • scho adv (prior to some time)
  • schon adv (prior to some time)

Greek

4 entries
  • ήδη adv (prior to some time)
  • ήδη adv (so soon)
  • επιτέλους adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)
  • κιόλας adv (so soon)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • כְּבָר adv (prior to some time)
  • כְּבָר adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)

Hindi

2 entries
  • पहले से adv (prior to some time)
  • पहले ही adv (prior to some time)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • már adv (prior to some time)
  • már adv (so soon)
  • már adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • þegar adv (prior to some time)

Ido

1 entries
  • ja adv (prior to some time)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • sudah adv (prior to some time)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • jo adv (prior to some time)
  • jo adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • jam adv (prior to some time)

Irish

1 entries
  • cheana adv (prior to some time)

Italian

4 entries
  • di già adv (so soon)
  • già adv (prior to some time)
  • già adv (so soon)
  • una buona volta adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)

Japanese

4 entries
  • こんなに早く adv (so soon)
  • とっくに adv (prior to some time)
  • もう adv (prior to some time)
  • もう adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • әлдеқашан adv (prior to some time)

Khasi

1 entries
  • lypa adv (prior to some time)

Khmer

3 entries
  • រួចហើយ adv (prior to some time)
  • ហើយ adv (prior to some time)
  • ហើយ adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)

Korean

1 entries
  • 벌써 adv (prior to some time)

Lao

1 entries
  • ແລ້ວ adv (prior to some time)

Latin

1 entries
  • iam adv (prior to some time)

Latvian

1 entries
  • jau adv (prior to some time)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • jau adv (prior to some time)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • južo adv (prior to some time)

Lü

1 entries
  • ᧟ adv (prior to some time)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • веќе adv (prior to some time)

Malay

1 entries
  • sudah adv (prior to some time)

Maltese

1 entries
  • diġà adv (prior to some time)

Manchu

2 entries
  • ᠠᡳᡶᡳᠨᡳ adv (prior to some time)
  • ᡝᠮᡤᡝᡵᡳ adv (prior to some time)

Mongolian

3 entries
  • аль хэдийн adv (prior to some time)
  • хэдийнээ adv (prior to some time)
  • хэзээний adv (prior to some time)

Nahuatl

1 entries
  • ye adv (prior to some time)

Northern Sami

2 entries
  • juo adv (prior to some time)
  • juo adv (so soon)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • allerede adv (prior to some time)

Nupe

1 entries
  • aní adv (prior to some time)

Occitan

1 entries
  • ja adv (prior to some time)

Old English

1 entries
  • ǣr adv (prior to some time)

Persian

4 entries
  • اینک adv (prior to some time)
  • به این زودی adv (so soon)
  • دیگر adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)
  • دیگه adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)

Pipil

2 entries
  • a adv (prior to some time)
  • ya adv (prior to some time)

Polabian

1 entries
  • al adv (prior to some time)

Polish

1 entries
  • już adv (prior to some time)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • de uma vez adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)
  • já adv (prior to some time)
  • já adv (so soon)

Quechua

1 entries
  • ña adv (prior to some time)

Romanian

2 entries
  • deja adv (prior to some time)
  • odată adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)

Russian

3 entries
  • ра́нее adv (prior to some time)
  • ра́ньше adv (prior to some time)
  • уже́ adv (prior to some time)

Sardinian

2 entries
  • ge adv (prior to some time)
  • za adv (prior to some time)

Scots

1 entries
  • a'ready adv (prior to some time)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • cheana adv (prior to some time)
  • mar thà adv (prior to some time)
  • mu thràth adv (prior to some time)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • već adv (prior to some time)
  • већ adv (prior to some time)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • già adv (prior to some time)

Slovak

4 entries
  • hneď adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)
  • okamžite adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)
  • už adv (prior to some time)
  • už adv (so soon)

Slovene

1 entries
  • žé adv (prior to some time)

Spanish

3 entries
  • ya adv (prior to some time)
  • ya adv (so soon)
  • ya adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)

Swedish

2 entries
  • allaredan adv (prior to some time)
  • redan adv (prior to some time)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • na adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)

Tajik

3 entries
  • аллакай adv (prior to some time)
  • кайҳо adv (prior to some time)
  • қаблан adv (prior to some time)

Thai

1 entries
  • แล้ว adv (prior to some time)

Tinrin

1 entries
  • wai adv (prior to some time)

Turkish

3 entries
  • artık adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)
  • zaten adv (prior to some time)
  • çoktan adv (prior to some time)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • eýýäm adv (prior to some time)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • вже́ adv (prior to some time)
  • раніше adv (prior to some time)
  • уже́ adv (prior to some time)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • allaqachon adv (prior to some time)
  • zotan adv (prior to some time)

Venetan

2 entries
  • xà adv (prior to some time)
  • zà adv (prior to some time)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • rồi adv (prior to some time)
  • rồi adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)
  • đã adv (prior to some time)

Welsh

1 entries
  • eisoes adv (prior to some time)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • al adv (prior to some time)
  • alree adv (prior to some time)

White Hmong

1 entries
  • twb adv (prior to some time)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • שוין adv (prior to some time)
  • שוין adv (intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • gaenq adv (prior to some time)

Sample sentences

31 total sentences available.

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It is already eleven.

Source: tatoeba (1618)

He's already a man.

Source: tatoeba (1808)

Have you got a beard already?

Source: tatoeba (2157)

The day before yesterday you impressed everyone, but I already knew you.

Source: tatoeba (2179)

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