"early on" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Of British origin.",
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      "expansion": "early on (not comparable)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Justina Siegemund with Lynne Tatlock, The Court Midwife, page 89:",
          "text": "You can also have her get up if necessary — especially when it is still early on — to try and see in what position the throes are the most effective, ...",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Early in a process."
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  "word": "early on"
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{
  "etymology_text": "Of British origin.",
  "head_templates": [
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      "expansion": "early on (not comparable)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Those who got rich were those who joined the company very early on and took some of their pay in stock.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "At an early stage."
      ],
      "id": "en-early_on-en-adv-7Zn-rlyF",
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        "not-comparable"
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  ],
  "word": "early on"
}

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    "English multiword terms",
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  "etymology_text": "Of British origin.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Justina Siegemund with Lynne Tatlock, The Court Midwife, page 89:",
          "text": "You can also have her get up if necessary — especially when it is still early on — to try and see in what position the throes are the most effective, ...",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Early in a process."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "early on"
}

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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of British origin.",
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      "expansion": "early on (not comparable)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "text": "Those who got rich were those who joined the company very early on and took some of their pay in stock.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "At an early stage."
      ],
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        "not-comparable"
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  "word": "early on"
}