already
(adverb) prior to a specified or implied time; “she has already graduated”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
already (not comparable)
Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.
So soon.
Already may be used with the present perfect (I have already done that), the past perfect (I had already done it by then), the future perfect (When you arrive, the business will already have been completed) or the simple future (When you arrive, the business will already be complete).
"Already" and "all ready" do not mean the same thing. The two-word term can be used to mean "fully prepared."
already (not comparable)
(US) An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation.
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Source: Wiktionary
Al*read"y, adv. Etym: [All (OE. al) + ready.]
Definition: 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.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 January 2025
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
