Meaning of すでに in Japanese

Definition of すでに

すでに(sudeni) · すんでに(sundeni) 【既に ·已に】

すでにして(sudenishite) 【既にして】

This is also part of your work, as I told you before.

There's no use crying over spilt milk.

すでにかなりの時間じかんと努力どりょくが費やされた。

A considerable amount of time and effort have been spent already.

すでにお話はなししましたする。

I already told you.

すでに２０年ねん経った。

Twenty years already passed.

This was to arrange things so that I obtained the result already written in the textbooks.

この研究けんきゅうの最初の部分ぶぶんでは、大衆たいしゅう統制とうせいの心理しんりに関してにかんしてすでに行われている研究けんきゅうについて言及げんきゅうする。

In the early part of my study, I allude to work that had already been done on the psychology of crowd-control.

This movement has not yet achieved all its goals, but it has already had considerable impact in many areas of male-female relations.

To my disappointment, he had already started.

すでに２０人にん以上いじょうの人ひとがそこに座っていました。

There were already over 20 people sitting there.