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How to pronounce earliest in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms soonest
Type Words
Synonyms earlier


Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera.

Examples of earliest

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Helnwein's earliest paintings were watercolors of wounded and bandaged children.
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That may be as close as he's come to realizing one his earliest childhood goals.
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Embryonic stem cells are harvested from the earliest stage of fetal development.
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A fossil primate of uncertain affinities from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt.
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His earliest memory, from when he was a toddler, is appropriately Cain-and-Abel.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
A sale off the Virginia coast still would not happen until 2017 at the earliest.
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If there are multiple flights to your destination, try to book the earliest one.
From the cnn.com
Airport restaurants aren't always open to greet the earliest and latest flights.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The Vatican says the 16 million files won't be ready until 2014 at the earliest.
From the washingtontimes.com
More examples
  • Early on: during an early stage; "early on in her career"
  • Before the usual time or the time expected; "she graduated early"; "the house was completed ahead of time"
  • Early(a): belonging to the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times"
  • In good time; "he awoke betimes that morning"
  • Very young; "at an early age"
  • Of an early stage in the development of a language or literature; "the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C."; "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700"
  • Expected in the near future; "look for an early end to the negotiations"
  • Early is a city in Sac County, Iowa, United States. The population was 605 at the 2000 census.
  • The Early Beatles is The Beatles' sixth release on Capitol Records, and their seventh album for the American market. The album resembles more of an early compilation because all of the tracks had previously been featured on the early 1964 Vee-Jay release Introducing... The Beatles. ...