Meaning Of The Word Already

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You use already to show that a situation exists at this present moment or that it exists at an earlier time than expected. You use already after the verb 'be' or an auxiliary verb, or before a verb if there is no auxiliary. When you want add emphasis, you
You use already to show that something has happened, or that something had happened before the moment you are referring to. Speakers of British English use already with a verb in a perfect tense, putting it after 'have', 'has', or 'had', or at the end of

already in American English
by or before the given or implied time
adverb: by this or that time; previously; prior to or at some specified or implied time

already in British English
adverb: by or before a stated or implied time

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