Definitions for "earliest"
(comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early; "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"; "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera"
Keywords:  soonest, arrive, delay, least
with the least delay; "the soonest I can arrive is 3 P.M."
Keywords:  preceding, time, others
preceding all others in time.