Associations to the word «Already»

Wiktionary

ALREADY, adverb. Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.
ALREADY, adverb. So soon.
ALREADY, adverb. (US) Influenced by שוין An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation.

Dictionary definition

ALREADY, adverb. Prior to a specified or implied time; "she has already graduated".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats