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Top 100adverb

уже́

[ʊˈʐɛ]already; carries the sense of the perfect continuous tenses in English.

Frequency rank #72 About 1 in every 550 words in Russian film and TV. The top 100 words make up 53.1% of everything said.
уже #72

Meaning

  1. already; carries the sense of the perfect continuous tenses in English.
  2. by now, now
  3. by then, by that point

Examples

Уже́ по́здно.

It’s already late.

Он уже́ ушёл.

He (has) already left.

Related

  • уже́ also: particle, Used to emphasise an amount or quantity of something; now, already, as early as, as late as, as recently as

Forms by frequency

  • уже́#63

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