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already
adverb
before
now
or
earlier
than
expected
,
often
by
the
time
being
talked
about
•
I
have
already
finished
my
homework
,
so
I
can
watch
TV
.
I
have
already
finished
my
homework
,
so
I
can
watch
TV
.
•
Spring
has
already
arrived
,
and
the
garden
is
full
of
flowers
.
Spring
has
already
arrived
,
and
the
garden
is
full
of
flowers
.
Formed
from
the
Middle
English
phrase
“
all
ready
,”
originally
meaning
“
fully
prepared
,”
which
gradually
shifted
to
the
modern
sense
of
“
before
now
.”
adverb
used
in
questions
,
requests
,
or
orders
to
show
impatience
or
emphasis
,
meaning
immediately
or
right
now
•
Come
on
,
hurry
up
already
!
Come
on
,
hurry
up
already
!
•
Enough
already
—
turn
the
music
down
.
Enough
already
—
turn
the
music
down
.
Same
origin
as
the
main
sense
,
but
this
emphatic
use
arose
in
American
English
Yiddish-influenced
speech
in
the
early
20th
century
.
