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I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings.'
Tom Perrotta

Meaning of "early adopter" in the English dictionary

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EARLY ADOPTER

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Early adopter is a noun.
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WHAT DOES EARLY ADOPTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Early adopter

An early adopter or Lighthouse Customer is an early customer of a given company, product, or technology; in politics, fashion, art, and other fields, this person would be referred to as a trendsetter. The term originates from Everett M. Rogers' Diffusion of Innovations.

Definition of early adopter in the English dictionary

The definition of early adopter in the dictionary is one of the first people or organizations to make use of a new technology.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EARLY ADOPTER

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Early Christian
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early closing
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early days
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Early English
early leaver
early man
early music
early purple orchid
Early Renaissance
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early riser
early warning
early warning system

WORDS THAT END LIKE EARLY ADOPTER

accepter
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Synonyms and antonyms of early adopter in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «early adopter» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EARLY ADOPTER

Find out the translation of early adopter to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of early adopter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «early adopter» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

早期采用者
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

los primeros en adoptar
570 millions of speakers

English

early adopter
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रारंभिक adopter
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

وقت مبكر المتبني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

первых компаний, внедривших
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

early adopter
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গ্রহণকারী প্রথম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

des premiers à adopter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengimport awal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Early Adopter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

早期導入者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

얼리 어답터
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Adopter awal
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

nhận con nuôi đầu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆரம்ப தத்தெடுப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लवकर स्वीकार करणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Erken benimseyen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

early adopter
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

już MSSF
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перших компаній , що впровадили
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

adoptatorul timpurie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νωρίς υιοθετών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vroeë adopter
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

tidigt ute
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tidlig adopter
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about early adopter

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3 QUOTES WITH «EARLY ADOPTER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word early adopter.
1
Jonathan Dee
I am hopelessly devoted to paper. Nothing against e-readers of any sort - anything that keeps people reading is okay by me - but I am not, historically, an early adopter of such things.
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Tom Perrotta
I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings.'
3
Lee Scott
Our customer base is not necessarily a leader, an early adopter.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EARLY ADOPTER»

Discover the use of early adopter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to early adopter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Early Adopter Mac OS X Java
This book explains to the experienced Java developer where to start, what's possible, and where to go. Mac OS X is a new operating system for almost everybody.
Danie Steinberg, Eric Albert, James Hart, 2001
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Early Adopter J#
This book covers all these aspects of this new technology and how to exploit them from Visual Studio NET in order to develop GUI Applications, Web Applications and Web Services.
P. G. Sarang, Rahim Adatia, Bruno Jouhier, 2002
3
Early Adopter Hailstorm
This book was written in time for the official beta release of HailStorm at Microsoft's PDC in October 2001, and while we can't guarantee the code will be correct for version 1.0's release in 2002, the concepts and explanations should still ...
Dan Maharry, Robert Eisenberg, Jon Pinnock, 2001
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Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Disruptive ...
Here is the bestselling guide that created a new game plan for marketing in high-tech industries. Crossing the Chasm has become the bible for bringing cutting-edge products to progressively larger markets.
Geoffrey A. Moore, 2002
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Diffusion of Innovations, 5th Edition
This adopter category, more than any other, has the highest degree of opinion leadership in most systems. Potential adopters look to early adopters for advice and information about an innovation. The early adopter is considered by many to be ...
Everett M. Rogers, 2003
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Music is Your Business: The Musician's FourFront Strategy ...
Because of the fickle nature of early adopter's musical taste and their deep psychological investment in music, you have to approach the appropriate media for reviews, interviews and feature stories of your music. Research the musical tastes ...
Christopher Knab, Bartley F. Day, 2007
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Impact of e-Commerce on Consumers and Small Firms
The entrepreneurial effects are examined in this next section followed by a more detailed assessment of the network effects. Table 1.3 Innovative vs. early adopter network features, 2003 (percentages) Network features Innovative adopter ...
Dr Colin Gray, Dr Salvatore Zappalà, 2012
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Early Adopter Curl
This book was written on both the beta 5 and pre-RTM versions of the Surge Lab IDE, and while we can't guarantee that the final version will be identical, you can be sure that all the concepts, examples and explanations will still be valid ...
James Joly, Chris Ullman, Dan Maharry, 2001
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The Adoption of Drug-eluting Cardiac Stent Technology: An ...
Note: Innovator = DES use in April 2003 Once physicians who were innovators or early adopters were determined,. Early adopter = DES use in April or May 2003. 57. Percent of Percent of Adopter category physicians — Yes physicians — No ...
Cormac T. O'Sullivan, 2008
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Early Adopter J2Se 1.4
Throughout this book, we will use the public beta version of the J2SE 1.4 SDK to demonstrate the platform's new capabilities. Who is this book for ?
James Hart, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EARLY ADOPTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term early adopter is used in the context of the following news items.
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Huawei Honored Cofely Quentris as West European Early Adopter
Cofely Quentris that proposes solutions and services based on the integration & convergence of voice, data and image technologies has been ... «Virtual-Strategy Magazine, Jul 15»
2
My Week Without Apple Watch
He is a husband, father, gadget enthusiast, trend spotter, early adopter and hobby farmer. Reach him @BenBajarin. Click to share on Twitter ... «Re/code, Jul 15»
3
From Medicine To Modern Revival: A History Of American Whiskey …
... a design element on an American whiskey bottle, the distiller was certainly an early adopter. Rothbaum finds it particularly fascinating that the ... «NPR, Jul 15»
4
New Uber boat service seeks to bypass İstanbul's choking traffic
Turkey's young and tech-savvy population tends to be an early adopter of technology. On land, Uber must compete with a popular home-grown ... «Today's Zaman, Jul 15»
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New Aftermarket System Makes Your Car Self-Driving
... have already been spoken for at $10,000 each, though there is a waiting list for anyone interested in being a slightly-less-early adopter. Tags ... «Popular Science, Jul 15»
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AOC U2870VQE is a 28 inch 4K monitor for $349 -- whoa
We want the newest hardware, early adopter issues be damned. Obviously, we all want 4K displays, but they are super expensive, right? «BetaNews, Jul 15»
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Can a computer program take the bias out of bail?
In Charlotte, an early adopter of the Arnold system, the jail population has dropped sharply. The new adopters include Chicago, Pittsburgh and ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
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AGL offering 7.2kWh battery storage at under $10000
AGL Energy says it is targeting the “early adopter” market of home energy “front-runner”, and doesn't believe that battery storage will come ... «RenewEconomy, Jul 15»
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Global Commercial Unmanned Aerial Systems Market Reach $4.8 …
The market will only evolve past the early adopter stage after the industry finds ways to build navigation infrastructure that is safe and that works ... «Medgadget.com, Jul 15»
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Volvo redesigns a whole car around a better baby seat
The Swedish automaker, creator of the three-point seatbelt and early adopter of the rear-facing child car seat, has stripped out the front ... «Quartz, Jul 15»

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