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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective previous has 3 senses
- previous(s = adj.all) old - just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"
- previous(s = adj.all) former, late - (used especially of persons) of the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House"
- previous(s = adj.all) premature - too soon or too hasty; "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"; "a premature judgment"
CIDE DICTIONARY
previous, 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. [1913 Webster]
"The dull sound . . . previous to the storm,
Rolls o'er the muttering earth." [1913 Webster]
Rolls o'er the muttering earth." [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Antecedent; preceding; anterior; prior; foregoing; former.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
previous, adj. & adv.
--adj.
1 (often foll. by to) coming before in time or order.
2 done or acting hastily.
--adv. (foll. by to) before (had called previous to writing).
--adj.
1 (often foll. by to) coming before in time or order.
2 done or acting hastily.
--adv. (foll. by to) before (had called previous to writing).
Idiom
previous question Parl. a motion concerning the vote on a main question.
Derivative
previously adv. previousness n.
Etymology
L praevius (as PRAE-, via way)
THESAURUS
previous
a bit previous, above, advanced, aforementioned, aforesaid, ahead, ancient, ante, antecedent, anterior, anticipatory, before, beforehand, ci-devant, earlier, early, elder, erstwhile, far ahead, first, fore, foregoing, former, forward, half-baked, half-cocked, hasty, ill-considered, immemorial, impulsive, in advance, late, not firm, old, olden, older, once, onetime, overhasty, oversoon, past, precedent, preceding, precipitate, precocious, precurrent, preexistent, prehistoric, premature, previous to, prime, primeval, primitive, prior, prior to, quondam, recent, rushed, senior, sometime, soon, then, too early, too soon, uncrystallized, unjelled, unmatured, unmeditated, unpremeditated, unprepared, unripe, untimely, whilomROGET THESAURUS
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Priority
N priority, antecedence, anteriority, precedence, pre-existence, precession, precursor, the past, premises, prior, previous, preceding, precedent, anterior, antecedent, pre- existing, pre-existent, former, foregoing, aforementioned, before- mentioned, abovementioned, aforesaid, said, introductory, before, prior to, earlier, previously, afore, aforehand, beforehand, ere, theretofore, erewhile, ere then, ere now, before then, before now, erewhile, already, yet, beforehand, on the eve of, prior tempore prior jure.
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