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   prior to a specified or implied time

   “she has already graduated”

Questions about already

What does already mean?

already means "prior to a specified or implied time".

How many syllables are in already?

already has 3 syllables: al-read-y. The stress falls on "read". In IPA it is /ɔlˈɹɛdi/.

Is already a common word?

already is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with already?

1 word rhymes with already. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.