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pre⋅vi⋅ous
[pree-vee-uh
s]
–adjective
—Idiom| 1. | coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner. |
| 2. | Informal. done, occurring, etc., before the proper time; premature: Aren't you a little previous with that request? |
| 3. | previous to, before; prior to: Previous to moving here she lived in Chicago. |
Related forms:
pre⋅vi⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
pre⋅vi⋅ous⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
1. earlier, former, preceding, foregoing.
1. earlier, former, preceding, foregoing.
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Pre"vi*ous\, a. [L. praevius going before, leading the way; prae before + via the way. See Voyage.] Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness. The dull sound . . . previous to the storm, Rolls o'er the muttering earth. --Thomson. Previous question. (Parliamentary Practice) See under Question, and compare Closure. Previous to, before; -- often used adverbially for previously. "Previous to publication." --M. Arnold. "A policy . . . his friends had advised previous to 1710." --J. H. Newman. Syn: Antecedent; preceding; anterior; prior; foregoing; former.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : previous
Spanish:
anterior,
German:
früher,
Japanese:
前の
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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