Word Meanings - ALREADY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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
Additional info about word: ALREADY
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.
Related words: (words related to ALREADY)
- SPECIFICNESS
The quality or state of being specific. - PRESENT
one, in sight or at hand, p. p. of praeesse to be before; prae before 1. Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. John xiv. 25. - PRESENTIVE
Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguished from symbolic. How greatly the word "will" is felt to have lost presentive power in the last three centuries. Earle. -- - PRIORSHIP
The state or office of prior; priorate. - PRESENTANEOUS
Ready; quick; immediate in effect; as, presentaneous poison. Harvey. - SPECIFICALLY
In a specific manner. - PRESENTLY
1. At present; at this time; now. The towns and forts you presently have. Sir P. Sidney. 2. At once; without delay; forthwith; also, less definitely, soon; shortly; before long; after a little while; by and by. Shak. And presently the fig tree - PRESENTER
One who presents. - JOSEPH'S FLOWER
A composite herb , of the same genus as the salsify. - PRIORITY
1. The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application. 2. Precedence; superior rank. Shak. Priority of debts, a superior claim to payment, or a claim to payment before others. - ALREADY
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 - EGYPTOLOGY
The science or study of Egyptian antiquities, esp. the hieroglyphics. Eh, interj. Etym: - PRIORATE
The dignity, office, or government, of a prior. T. Warton. - FUTURELY
In time to come. Raleigh. - PRESENTIMENT
Previous sentiment, conception, or opinion; previous apprehension; especially, an antecedent impression or conviction of something unpleasant, distressing, or calamitous, about to happen; anticipation of evil; foreboding. - SPECIFIABLE
Admitting specification; capable of being specified. - PRIORESS
A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to an abbess. - FUTURE
That is to be or come hereafter; that will exist at any time after the present; as, the next moment is future, to the present. Future tense , the tense or modification of a verb which expresses a future act or event. - PRESENTIATE
To make present. - SPECIFICALNESS
The quality of being specific. - NONPRESENTATION
Neglect or failure to present; state of not being presented. - SUBPRIOR
The vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the prior. - REPRESENTABLE
Capable of being represented. - OMNIPRESENTIAL
Implying universal presence. South. - TOTIPRESENT
Omnipresence. A. Tucker. - REPRESENTANT
Appearing or acting for another; representing. - CONSPECIFIC
Of the same species. - IRREPRESENTABLE
Not capable of being represented or portrayed. - RE-PRESENTATION
The act of re-presenting, or the state of being presented again; a new presentation; as, re-presentation of facts previously stated.