What does Previous mean?

Definitions for Previous
ˈpri vi əspre·vi·ous

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. previous(a), oldadjective

    just preceding something else in time or order

    "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"

  2. former(a), late(a), previous(a)adjective

    (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"

  3. previous(p), prematureadjective

    too soon or too hasty

    "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"; "a premature judgment"

Wiktionary

  1. previousnoun

    An existing criminal record

    It turned out the shoplifter had a lot of previous.

  2. previousadjective

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

    He is no better than the previous Prime Minister.

  3. previousadjective

    premature; occurring too soon.

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. PREVIOUSadjective

    Antecedent; going before; prior.

    Etymology: prœvius, Lat.

    By this previous intimation we may gather some hopes, that the matter is not desperate. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

    Sound from the mountain, previous to the storm,
    Rolls o’er the muttering Earth. James Thomson.

ChatGPT

  1. previous

    Previous refers to existing or occurring before in time or order; something that has happened earlier or that comes before something else.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Previousadjective

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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Previous

    prē′vi-us, adj. going before in time: former.—adv. Prē′viously.—n. Prē′viousness, antecedence: priority in time.—Previous question, a motion made during a debate, 'that the main question be now put.' If the decision be 'yes,' the debate is ended and the question put and decided; if it be 'no,' the debate is adjourned in the British parliament, but continues in the American assembly. [L. præeviuspræ, before, via, a way.]

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Previous' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #791

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Previous' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1332

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Previous' in Adjectives Frequency: #93

Anagrams for Previous »

  1. pervious

  2. viperous

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Previous in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Previous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Previous in a Sentence

  1. Donghoon Lee:

    We are again seeing credit card balances increase in the third quarter after a solid rise in the previous [ quarter ], as pandemic relief efforts wind down, we are beginning to see the reversal of some of the credit card balance trends seen during the pandemic, namely reduced consumption and the paying down of balances.

  2. Ilia Karatsoreos:

    There is a lot of research in both human and animal models that shows the timing and intensity of prior light exposure can cause a sort of ‘ lighting history ’ after-effect on the brain clock, thus, previous exposures to different lighting cycles, and light intensity, can change the way this clock works.

  3. Brian McNoldy:

    The cone is just a shape defined by track forecast errors over the previous five years, such that there's historically a two-thirds chance the track of the center of the storm will remain inside the cone, and a one-third chance it will be outside the cone, the same cone is used all year long, for every forecast of every storm... they're identical.

  4. Joseph Clancy:

    Previous reports of a crash are inaccurate - there was no crash, the video shows the vehicle entering the White House complex at a speed of approximately 1 to 2 mph, and pushing aside a plastic barrel. There was no damage to the vehicle.

  5. Tom Heilandt:

    Share a Coke the previous levels are still considered as safe -- they are just not necessary.

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