Online Google Dictionary

already 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Adverb
/ôlˈredē/,
Font size:

Before or by now or the time in question,
  1. Before or by now or the time in question
    • - Anna has suffered a great deal already
  2. As surprisingly soon or early as this
    • - at 31, he already suffers from arthritis
    • - already it was past four o' clock
  3. Used as an intensive after a word or phrase to express impatience
    • - enough already with these crazy kids and their wacky dances!
  1. prior to a specified or implied time; "she has already graduated"
  2. Walk with Me Now is the upcoming seventh studio album by rapper DMX. It was set to be released on October 14, 2008, but has since been pushed back to a later date. The album is due to be released somewhere around December, 2010 on Bloodline Records, Ruff Ryders Entertainment and Bodog Music.
  3. Already is the fourth album by the British rock band Jesus Jones in 1997. The last EMI album. Singles released were "The Next Big Thing" and "Chemical #1".
  4. Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously; So soon; An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation
  5. (alreadiness) The state or quality of being or happening already
  6. means having done before; it does not mean all ready. [So, your friends could be already all ready to leave.]
  7. ad. before now; even now