Usually means: Before now in time sequence.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word earlier:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. earlier: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. earlier: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. earlier: Collins English Dictionary
  4. earlier: Vocabulary.com
  5. Earlier, earlier: Wordnik
  6. earlier: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. earlier: Wiktionary
  8. Earlier, earlier: Dictionary.com
  9. earlier: Rhymezone
  10. earlier: Free Dictionary
  11. earlier: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. earlier: Dictionary/thesaurus
  13. earlier: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. earlier: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. earlier: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. earlier: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. earlier: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  occurring previously
adverb:  previously; before now; sooner

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