No. 406 in Japanese
すでに
Already.
In a sentence
彼はすでに出発しました。
He has already departed.
すでに (sudeni) is used here to indicate that the action of departure has been completed before the current moment.
その事はすでに知っています。
I already know about that.
すでに (sudeni) is employed to stress that the knowledge of the matter was acquired prior to this moment.
その問題はすでに解決済みだ。
That issue has already been resolved.
すでに (sudeni) is used to highlight that the resolution occurred at an earlier time.
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