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Adjective

HYPHEN

pre=vi=ous

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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"

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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]

Previous question. (Parliamentary Practice) See under Question, and compare Closure. -- Previous to, before; -- often used adverbially for previously. “Previous to publication.” M. Arnold. “A policy . . . his friends had advised previous to 1710.” J. H. Newman.

Syn. -- Antecedent; preceding; anterior; prior; foregoing; former.

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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).

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)

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THESAURUS

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, whilom

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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.