already

adv

1. (not-comparable)Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.

   “I was surprised that she hadn’t already told me the news.”

   “Much of what he said I knew already.”

   “I still haven't seen that movie. I hope you haven't already seen it either.”

   “Tho, when-as all things ready were aright, / The Damzel was before the Altar ſet, / Being already dead with fearful fright.”

   “slipping then my cloaths off, I crept under the bed-cloaths, where I found the young stripling already nestled, and the touch of his warm flesh rather pleas'd than alarm'd me.”

2. (not-comparable)So soon.

   “Are you quitting already?”

3. (Canada, US, not-comparable)An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation.

   “I wish they'd finish already, so we can get going.”

   “Enough already!”

   “Be quiet already!”

   “Enough already with the lack of glamour!”

4. (Singapore, Singlish, not-comparable)Indicates the completion of an action (whether past or hypothetical), or more generally, perfective aspect.

   “You frame the picture for me already anot?”

   ““Yah, I sign already,” my mother replied.”

5. (Singapore, Singlish, not-comparable)Marks a change in state, more or less in the same manner as the inchoative aspect.

   “I don’t think he can take it already.”

   “Your ice cream is melting already.”

   “Overcook already, need to redo.”

   “Your grandmother angry already.”

   “Cannot wait already, buay tahan already. I hope she doesn’t complain to anyone.”