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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Already \Al*read"y\, adverb [All (OE. al) + ready.] Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously. ''Joseph was in Egypt already.'' --Exod. i. 5.
I say unto you, that Elias is come already. --Matt. xvii. 12.
Note: It has reference to past time, but may be used for a future past; as, when you shall arrive, the business will be already completed, or will have been already completed.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
already
adverb: prior to a specified or implied time; "she has already graduated" [ant: {not yet}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "already": as yet, before, before all, by this time, earlier, early, ere, ere then, erenow, erstwhile, even, formerly, heretofore, hereunto, hitherto, once, or ever, previously, priorly, so far, still, then as previously, theretofore, thus far, till now, to date, to this day, until now, until this time, up to now, yet
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