Having begun to occur; in its early stages.
Near the start or beginning.
Near the start of the day.
At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun.
At a time before expected; sooner than usual.
Soon; in good time; seasonably.
A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place early in the day.
Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.
Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.
To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.
A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.
onset, part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus in phonetics and phonology.
The first letter of a word or a name.
In plural, the first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit.