Early
Meaning
Happening or done before the usual or expected time.
Pronunciation
UK ˈɜːli
US ˈɜːrli
Example Sentences
- Many old CPUs from the 70s, 80s and early 90s (and many modern embedded systems) have an 8 bit or 16 bit word size.
- But it takes time and money to build just one machine, so early ideas were not built.
- Yogurt was brought to the US in the early 1900s and steadily increased in popularity as a health food item over the next several decades.
- 3g was introduced in the early 2000s.
- Although they became less popular with the introduction of the automobile in the early 20th Century, hundreds of horses are still used by the police today.
- In the early days, [Bill gates] would review every line of code.
- The Pilgrim fathers and early settlers brought their pie recipes with them to America, adapting to the ingredients and techniques available to them in the New World.
- Although Twitter's beginnings were back in 2006, [Larry's] name wasn't actually confirmed until early 2012.
- Back in the day, the founders would refer to it as "[twttr]," following the trend of the early 2000's in removing the vowels and shortening the word.
- Twitter's early days were not without their problems.
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