🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

cedo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈsedu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Rathe/reɪð/
adjectiveadverbCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #15000 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele acordou muito cedo hoje."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Acting or occurring at an early time or sooner than usual; prompt or premature.

    "The rathe primrose rocked in the cold wind."
As adverb
  1. 1

    Soon; quickly; early.

    "He that would thrive must rise rathe."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English word 'hræð', meaning quick, swift, or early. It has been used historically in Germanic roots, evolving through Middle English as an adjective and adverb meaning soon or early, though it is now largely archaic or dialectal.

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