"earliest" meaning in English

See earliest in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɝ.li.ɪst/ [General-American], /ˈɜː.li.ɪst/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-earliest.ogg [US]
enPR: ûr′lēĭst Head templates: {{head|en|superlative adjective}} earliest
  1. superlative form of early: most early Tags: form-of, superlative Form of: early (extra: most early) Derived forms: at the earliest
    Sense id: en-earliest-en-adj-7T75VJHz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 82 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Time
Disambiguation of Time: 0 0

Adverb

IPA: /ˈɝ.li.ɪst/ [General-American], /ˈɜː.li.ɪst/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-earliest.ogg [US]
enPR: ûr′lēĭst Head templates: {{head|en|superlative adverb}} earliest
  1. superlative form of early: most early Tags: form-of, superlative Form of: early (extra: most early)
    Sense id: en-earliest-en-adv-7T75VJHz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Time
Disambiguation of Time: 0 0

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