already
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The species was originally considered already extinct at the time of its discovery .
De soort werd oorspronkelijk als al uitgestorven beschouwd op het moment van de ontdekking.
Betekenis (Engels)
- 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.
- Indicates action completion or change of state.
Concepten
Synoniemen
by this time
by then
long before
by that time
long time ago
as early as
at once
a while ago
before now
while ago
all up
as far back as
completive aspect
perfect aspect
toforehand
as long ago as
before then
even now
in the past
too late
Frequentie
Met koppelteken als
al‧read‧y
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ɔːlˈɹɛdi/
Etymologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English alredy (“fully; already”), equivalent to al- (“all, completely”) + ready. Cognate with West Frisian alreeds (“already”), Dutch alreeds (“already”), Afrikaans alreeds (“already”), Middle Low German alreide, alreids ("already"; whence modern German Low German alreeds (“already”)), Danish allerede (“already”), Swedish allaredan (“already”), Norwegian Nynorsk allereie (“already”). More at all, ready. The use as an intensifier in American English is a semantic loan from German schon and Yiddish שוין (shoyn). In Singapore English, the use of already as a marker of action completion and change of state (i.e., perfective and inchoative aspects respectively) is analogous to Hokkien 了 (liáu), Teochew 了 (liao²) and Mandarin 了 (le). Compare Malay sudah and Cantonese 喇 (laa³).
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