previous

English

Alternative forms

• prævious (archaic)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

previous (not comparable)

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

   He is no better than the previous Prime Minister.

2. (informal) premature; occurring too soon.

   I thought that I had solved the problem, but I was a bit previous.

Synonyms

• former
• late
• old
• See also Wikisaurus:former

Antonyms

• succeeding
• future

Translations

prior

Arabic: سابِق (ar) (saabiq) Egyptian Arabic: قبل (ʔabl) Catalan: previ (ca), anterior (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 以前的 (zh) (yǐqián de) Czech: předchozí (cs) m. Danish: foregående (da), forrige (da) Dutch: vorig (nl) Finnish: edellinen (fi), aikaisempi (fi), aiempi (fi) French: préalable (fr) German: vorhergehend Hindi: पिछला (hi) (pichlā) Hungarian: előző (hu), megelőző (hu) Ido: antea (io) Italian: previo (it)

Japanese: 前の (ja) (まえの, mae-no) Korean: 이전의 (ko) (ijeon-ui) Kurdish: پێشو, ڕابردو Latin: antiquus (la) Lithuanian: ankstesnis (lt) Norwegian: Bokmål: forrige, foregående Nynorsk: førre (nn), føregåande (nn) Persian: پیشین (fa) (pišin) Polish: poprzedni, ubiegły Portuguese: prévio Russian: предыдущий (ru) (predydúščij), прошлый (ru) (próšlyj) Spanish: previo (es), anterior (es) Swedish: förra (sv), föregående (sv) Welsh: blaenorol (cy)

premature

Dutch: voorbarig (nl) Persian: نابه هنگام (fa) (nâbehangâm)

Swedish: tidig (sv)

Noun

previous (uncountable)

1. (informal, UK) An existing criminal record

   It turned out the shoplifter had a lot of previous.

Anagrams

• pervious
• viperous