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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Already \Al*read"y\, adv [All (OE. al) + ready.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: already adv : prior to a specified or implied time; "she has already graduated" [ant: {not yet}]
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