EARLY BIRD Definition & Meaning

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early bird

noun

a person who rises at an early hour.
a person who arrives before others, as for the purpose of gaining some advantage.
The early birds got the best seats for the play.
(initial capital letters)��the first of the Intelsat series of communications satellites, orbited (1965) by Intelsat.

Early Bird

noun

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

early bird

noun

informal��a person who rises early or arrives in good time

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of early bird¹

First recorded in 1885–90

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He claimed he had spent a year planning it, and had already sold 100 tickets at an "early bird" rate of $499.

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Anna got a PDC membership so that she should buy early bird tickets in the summer, but even then it was "like a mini Oasis" in the scramble to get tickets.

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But these early birds are not always getting the worm.

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He claimed he had spent a year planning it, and had already sold 100 tickets at an 'early bird' rate of $499.

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Students gather for mat work at a Pilates studio, and early birds tuck into shellfish at a neighborhood oyster bar.

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early to bed, early to rise (makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise)early bird catches the worm

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