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UK
/pɹˈiːvɪəs/
]
[ US /ˈpɹiviəs/ ]
[ US /ˈpɹiviəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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(used especially of persons) of the immediate past
the former president
the previous occupant of the White House
our late President is still very active -
just preceding something else in time or order
the previous owner
my old house was larger -
too soon or too hasty
our condemnation of him was a bit previous
a premature judgment
How To Use previous In A Sentence
- Consumers get incredibly upset when dieticians and researchers backtrack on previous findings, proclaiming that products once deemed healthy are now in question.
- The recession blindsided a lot of lawyers who had previously taken for granted their comfortable income.
- Added to which there is a large increase in the fees receivable in 1994 to a level of almost £123,000 which accounts for the large increase in the gross profit over the previous and subsequent years.
- Applicants for the job must have previous experience.
- We saw in the previous sections that packaged bacteriophage capsids are pressurized with pressures as high as 60 atm.
- But that previous column leads one to question whether a session bean is necessary at all, introducing the possibility of using entity beans and their Home methods instead of session beans.
- The unicity is run by Johannesburg's first-ever executive mayor - previously the mayor was a largely ceremonial position.
- anisotropy," has been seen from the Northern Hemisphere by previous experiments, she says, but its source is still a mystery. Space News From SpaceDaily.Com
- Sifting through the reports logged in the last couple of weeks, he came across a tale that had previously gone unread. EVERVILLE
- As with the Farrellys ' previous directorial outings, the plot is the least important aspect of the proceedings.