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UK
/ˈɜːlɪəst/
]
[ US /ˈɝɫiəst/ ]
[ US /ˈɝɫiəst/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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(comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early
Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera
a fashion popular in earlier times
his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher
ADVERB
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with the least delay
the soonest I can arrive is 3 P.M.
How To Use earliest In A Sentence
- The earliest samples of enamel using glass can be traced to before 2,500 B.C. to the Sumerian and Egyptian civilisations.
- One of the earliest lullabies in English was written during the time of King Edward II of England in the 14th century.
- Its stylish reading room was one of the earliest works completed by the architecture firm of De Blacam and Meagher.
- I trust you will take the earliest opportunity to make a full apology.
- The song and minstrelsy of Wales have from the earliest period of its history been nurtured by its eisteddfodau. The Poetry of Wales
- The earliest printed cards sported a nautical theme directed at sailors, who were heavy tobacco users.
- Leonardo da Vinci was not only one of the earliest European abstractionist, but also a sculptor, an architect , and an engineer.
- The earliest copy of Plato's Tetralogies is dated about 1,200 years after Plato supposedly wrote the original.
- Beginning in the earliest Christian community, redemption is understood as cosmic in scope.
- The OED always gives the earliest known usage of the word and in this case it's, wait for it, Lord Lyttelton, 1760, Dialogues of the Dead. CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD