early bird

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early bird

n. Informal

1. A person who arises early in the morning.

2. One that arrives or takes place early or before others.

[From the expression "The early bird catches the worm.".]

ear′ly-bird′ adj.

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early bird

informal a person who rises early or arrives in good time

Early Bird

(Astronautics) one of a number of communications satellites, the first of which was launched in 1965 into a stationary orbit and provided telephone channels between Europe and the US. See also Intelsat

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ear′ly bird`

1. a person who rises at an early hour.

2. a person who arrives before others.

[1885–90]

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Noun	1.	early bird - a person who arrives early before others do arriver, comer, arrival - someone who arrives (or has arrived)
	2.	early bird - a person who gets up very early in the morning riser - a person who rises (especially from bed); "he's usually a late riser"

Translations

المُبَكّـر ، من يَسْبق غيره

morgenmand

Frühaufsteher

prime à la réponse

korán kelõkoránkelő

morgunhani, árrisull maîur

morgenfugl

жаворонок ранняя пташка

ranný vtáčik

erken kalkan/davranan/gelen kimseerkenci

早起的人

early

(ˈəːli) adverb

1. near the beginning (of a period of time etc). early in my life; early in the afternoon.

2. sooner than others; sooner than usual; sooner than expected or than the appointed time. He arrived early; She came an hour early.

adjective

1. belonging to, or happening, near the beginning of a period of time etc. early morning; in the early part of the century.

2. belonging to the first stages of development. early musical instruments.

3. happening etc sooner than usual or than expected. the baby's early arrival; It's too early to get up yet.

4. prompt. I hope for an early reply to my letter.

ˈearliness noun

early bird

someone who gets up early or who acts before others do.

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"Remember, it's the early bird that picks up the worm!"

I always stop in bed till the early bird has picked them up!"

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"Bright and early, to be sure; and it's the early bird, as the saying goes, that gets the rations.

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As she leaned over her little balcony, watching an early bird get the worm, and wondering how she should like Uncle Alec, she saw a man leap the garden wall and come whistling up the path.

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It was a society less furnished than the coteries of today(in its ignorance of the wonderful chances, the opportunities of the early bird, with which its path was strewn), with tatters of old stuff and fragments of old crockery; so that Miss Bordereau appeared not to have picked up or have inherited many objects of importance.

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For, it would seem that Purl must always be taken early; though whether for any more distinctly stomachic reason than that, as the early bird catches the worm, so the early purl catches the customer, cannot here be resolved.

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No, he answered, generally he's an early bird -- airley to bed and airley to rise --yes, he's the bird what catches the worm.

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These early birds came scattering along after each other, about one every five minutes in our vicinity, during half an hour.

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They heard the gurgling of the full brooklet hurrying down the hill, and the faint twittering of the early birds. For they walked in silence, though with a pleased sense of companionship.

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He gave the sharp, barking note, but his only answer was the mocking maiou of the little spotted tree-cat winding in and out among the branches for early birds' nests.

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said participants are assured of uniformity and fair play since only FIGBA 'early bird' stags and locally banded stags from FIGBA member associations will be accepted.

'Bakbakan' goes full blast

That compares to PS299 (PS13 per game) for an early bird standard zone ticket last season at the Ricoh.