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
• following

Translations

prior

• Arabic: سابِق (ar) (saabiq)

  Egyptian Arabic: قبل (ʔabl)

• Catalan: previ (ca), anterior (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 以前的 (cmn) (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:

  Sorani: پێشو, ڕابردو

• Latin: antiquus (la)
• Lithuanian: ankstesnis (lt)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forrige (no), foregående (no)

  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