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[ UK /pɹˈiːvɪəs/ ]
[ US /ˈpɹiviəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. (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
  2. just preceding something else in time or order
    the previous owner
    my old house was larger
  3. 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.
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