♦ earlier

♦ earlier
♦ earlier /ˈɜ:lɪə(r)/
A a. (compar. di ► early)
1 precedente; anteriore; di prima; trascorso; passato: earlier events, fatti precedenti; my earlier attempt, il mio tentativo precedente; I'll catch an earlier train, prenderò un treno prima; at an earlier date, precedentemente; prima; in earlier days, in passato; un tempo; in earlier times, in epoche precedenti; in tempi passati; in earlier years, in anni passati; anni prima
2 iniziale; primo (di due o di due parti); precedente: in the earlier chapters of the book, nel capitoli iniziali (o nei primi capitoli) del libro; Picasso's earlier work, la prima produzione di Picasso; le opere giovanili di Picasso
B avv.
1 più presto; prima; in anticipo: earlier than usual, prima del solito; ten minutes earlier, dieci minuti prima; con un anticipo di dieci minuti; no earlier than 1950, non prima del 1950; Can you make it earlier?, ti è possibile prima?; possiamo anticipare?
2 in precedenza; precedentemente; prima; anteriormente: ten hours earlier, dieci ore prima; As I said earlier, come ho detto prima; We had met earlier, ci eravamo incontrati in precedenza; earlier this year, in precedenza quest'anno.

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