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As an adverb already

is prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.

As a verb done is

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already

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Adverb

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  • Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.
    • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=6 , slipping then my cloaths off, I crept under the bed-cloaths, where I found the young stripling already nestled, and the touch of his warm flesh rather pleas'd than alarm'd me.}}
  • * (Arthur Conan Doyle)
    • It was already dusk, and the lamps were just being lighted as we paced up and down in front of Briony Lodge, waiting for the coming of its occupant.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.}}
  • So soon.
  • (US) Influenced by (etyl) An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation.

    • Usage notes

    Already may be used with the present perfect (I have already done that''), the past perfect (''I had already done it by then''), the future perfect (''When you arrive, the business will already have been completed'') or the simple future (''When you arrive, the business will already be complete ).

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    * yet

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    done

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of food) Ready, fully cooked.
    • As soon as the potatoes are done we can sit down and eat.
  • In a state of having completed or finished an activity.
    • He pushed his empty plate away, sighed and pronounced "I am done ."
    They were done playing and were picking up the toys when he arrived.
  • Being exhausted or fully spent.
    • When the water is done we will only be able to go on for a few days.
  • Without hope or prospect of completion or success.
    • He is done , after three falls there is no chance he will be able to finish.
  • Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.
    • I can't believe he just walked up and spoke to her like that, those kind of things just aren't done !
    What is the done thing these days? I can't keep up!

    Derived terms

    * be done for * be done with it * done deal * get done for * overdone * well done

    Verb

    (head)
    • I have ''done'' my work.
  • (African American Vernacular English, Southern American English, auxiliary verb, taking a past tense) Used in forming the perfective aspect.
    • I done did my best to raise y'all.

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