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[ pree-vee-uhs ] / ˈpri vi əs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR previous ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecoming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner. Informal. done, occurring, etc., before the proper time; premature: Aren't you a little previous with that request? Idioms for previousprevious to, before; prior to: Previous to moving here she lived in Chicago.
Origin of previous1615–25; <Latin praevius going before, equivalent to prae-pre- + vi(a) way + -us adj. suffix SYNONYMS FOR previous1 earlier, former, preceding, foregoing. SEE SYNONYMS FOR previous ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM previouspre·vi·ous·ly, adverbpre·vi·ous·ness, nounWords nearby previousPrévert, prevertebral ganglia, preview, preview monitor, Previn, previous, previous question, previse, prevision, previus, prevocalic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for previousThis is even more striking in Submission than in his previous books. Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST And their fundraising collapsed by 50 percent from the previous year. ‘Only God’ Can Stop Gay Marriage|Tim Mak|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST Millennials also thinks about our public personas so much more than previous generations. Random Hook-Ups or Dry Spells: Why Millennials Flunk College Dating|Ellie Schaack|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST The legislation strengthens and updates a previous version of the bill that expired in 2011. Nazis, Sunscreen, and Sea Gull Eggs: Congress in 2014 Was Hella Productive|Ben Jacobs|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There have been previous waves of people moving to Texas, and we are now experiencing the latest wave. Will Texas Stay Texan?|David Fontana|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Some species germinate quicker than others, and the operator must determine by previous trial what these differences are. The Nursery Book|Liberty Hyde Bailey My uncle had often during the previous twenty years, crossed the mountains, on trapping expeditions with an elder brother. Christopher Carson|John S. C. Abbott Here, on the outer edge of the road, was a gully which the wind of the day previous had partly filled with snow. The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island|Edward Stratemeyer What words may we use to express a condensed view of a subject, whether derived from a previous publication or not? English Synonyms and Antonyms|James Champlin Fernald Of all the property spared them by previous oppressors, nothing was left to sustain the miserable survivors. The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)|Henry Martyn Baird
British Dictionary definitions for previous
adjective(prenominal) existing or coming before something else in time or position; prior (postpositive) informal taking place or done too soon; premature previous to before; prior to Derived forms of previouspreviously, adverbpreviousness, nounWord Origin for previousC17: from Latin praevius leading the way, from prae before + via way Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to previouspast, preceding, earlier, antecedent, anterior, erstwhile, foregoing, one-time, precedent, sometime, quondam, ex, ahead of, early, inopportune, precipitate, soon, unfounded, untimely, unwarranted |