1
: prior to a specified or implied past, present, or future time : by this time : previously
He had already left when I called.
2
—used as an intensive
All right already.
Enough already!
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Examples of already in a Sentence
They've already agreed to come.
I'd already left by the time you called.
He acted as if he didn't already know.
Flight 102 will already have taken off by the time Flight 101 lands.
Have they arrived already?! I'm still not dressed!
Do you have to go already?
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Meg Walters, Glamour, 20 Nov. 2024
Which is all fine and well, but anybody with even a peripheral awareness of any of the source material may have already noticed a flaw.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
The fans are already familiar with the Italian-American New Jersey native who helped the underachieving team win three straight games last year after injuries to Jones and then-backup Tyrod Taylor (now with the New York Jets).
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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—Danielle Bacher, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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already
adverb
al·ready
ȯl-ˈred-ē 
ˈȯl-ˌred-ē
: before a certain time : by the time
I had already left when you called
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