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Definition of Previous

1. Adjective. Just preceding something else in time or order. "My old house was larger"

2. Adjective. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past. "The previous occupant of the White House"

3. Adjective. Too soon or too hasty. "A premature judgment"

Definition of Previous

1. a. Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness.

Definition of Previous

1. Adjective. prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order. ¹

2. Adjective. (informal) premature; occurring too soon. ¹

3. Noun. (informal UK) An existing criminal record ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Previous

1. coming or occurring before in time or order [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Previous

preves prevet prevets prevetted prevetting previable previdential preview previewable previewed

previewer previewers previewing previews preving previous (current term) previous(a) previous(p) previous question previously

previously disadvantaged previousness previousnesses previs previse prevised previses prevising prevision previsional

Literary usage of Previous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"12 for feloniously having in his possession counter/lit coin, after a previous conviction for uttering counterfeit coin :— He'd,—overruling Reg. v. ..."

2. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... it is richly humorous and shows what a master craftsman Shakespeare was to relieve the tension of the previous scenes. 2The citizens, men and women, ..."

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