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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 51Թ Forms
- ··dzܲ· adverb
- ··dzܲ·Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of previous1
Idioms and Phrases
- previous to, before; prior to:
Previous to moving here she lived in Chicago.
Example Sentences
Their success in five constituencies at the general election - including Farage himself finally making it into parliament at the eighth attempt - suggested Reform UK was something different to his previous incarnations.
Her party's policy is currently to reach net zero by 2045 although she says they are looking at it to make sure it is still "do-able" after the previous Conservative administration shifted the government's timeline.
That could be a quote from a Conservative, as the previous party of government struggles to rebuild trust with the electorate.
She said she and Mark Gordon were trying to hide her baby from the authorities who had removed her previous four children.
A previous court hearing ruled that Sir Richard had been entitled not to commission a full review of the prince's security circumstances at the time, which the committee's own policy said he should.
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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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