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previous
/ ˈːɪə /
adjective
- prenominal existing or coming before something else in time or position; prior
- informal.postpositive taking place or done too soon; premature
- previous tobefore; prior to
Derived Forms
- ˈ𱹾dzܲԱ, noun
- ˈ𱹾dzܲ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ··dzܲ· adverb
- ··dzܲ·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of previous1
Idioms and Phrases
- previous to, before; prior to:
Previous to moving here she lived in Chicago.
Example Sentences
She managed to abscond from the unit on previous occasions.
"In previous elections, even though we may have been an afterthought and tacked on the end of the sentences, like we always are, at least we were mentioned. Now it's complete silence," she said.
Plans and policies to ensure places are resilient to river and coastal flooding are found to have worsened since the CCC's previous report.
Field was an author of the nature assessment report before it was shelved, and has also been an author of previous versions of the climate assessment.
Its last president had fled the previous day.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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