"previous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɹi.vi.əs/ [General-American], /ˈpɹiː.vɪəs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-previous.ogg [US] Forms: more previous [comparative], most previous [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin praevius. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|praevius}} Latin praevius Head templates: {{en-adj}} previous (comparative more previous, superlative most previous)
  1. (not comparable) Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Past Derived forms (previously): previously disadvantaged Translations (prior): سَابِق (sābiq) (Arabic), قبل (ʔabl) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), նախորդ (naxord) (Armenian), previu (Asturian), anterior (Asturian), ötən (note: of time units) (Azerbaijani), keçən (note: of time units) (Azerbaijani), keçmiş (Azerbaijani), міну́лы (minúly) (Belarusian), папярэ́дні (papjarédni) (Belarusian), সাবেক (śabek) (Bengali), предишен (predišen) (Bulgarian), အလျင် (a.lyang) (Burmese), previ (Catalan), anterior (Catalan), پێشو (pêşu) (Central Kurdish), ڕابردو (rabirdu) (Central Kurdish), 以前的 (yǐqián de) (Chinese Mandarin), předchozí [masculine] (Czech), foregående (Danish), forrige (Danish), vorig (Dutch), antaŭa (Esperanto), edellinen (Finnish), aikaisempi (Finnish), aiempi (Finnish), préalable (French), previo (Galician), anterior (Galician), vorhergehend (German), 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍃 (fairns) (Gothic), προηγούμενος (proïgoúmenos) [masculine] (Greek), קוֹדֵם (qodém) [masculine] (Hebrew), पिछला (pichlā) (Hindi), előző (Hungarian), megelőző (Hungarian), antea (Ido), previo (Italian), 前の (mae no) (alt: まえの) (Japanese), (zen-) (alt: ゼン) (Japanese), មុន (mun) (Khmer), បុព្វេ (boppei) (Khmer), 이전의 (ijeonui) (Korean), ກ່ອນ (kǭn) (Lao), ບຸບເພ (bup phē) (Lao), ກີ້ (kī) (Lao), prior (Latin), antiquus (Latin), ankstesnis (Lithuanian), tōmua (Maori), forrige (Norwegian Bokmål), foregående (Norwegian Bokmål), førre (Norwegian Nynorsk), føregåande (Norwegian Nynorsk), anterior (Occitan), forestapol (Old English), پیشین (pišin) (Persian), poprzedni (Polish), ubiegły (Polish), prévio (Portuguese), предыду́щий (predydúščij) (Russian), про́шлый (próšlyj) (Russian), previo (Spanish), anterior (Spanish), förra (Swedish), föregående (Swedish), ก่อนหน้านี้ (Thai), ก่อน (gɔ̀ɔn) (Thai), ที่แล้ว (tîi-lɛ́ɛo) (Thai), เก่า (gào) (Thai), เดิม (dəəm) (Thai), กี้ (gîi) (Thai), སྔོན་མ (sngon ma) (Tibetan), önceki (Turkish), попере́дній (poperédnij) (Ukrainian), мину́лий (mynúlyj) (Ukrainian), پچھلا (pichlā) (Urdu), qua (Vietnamese), blaenorol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-previous-en-adj-UZa7qPJO Disambiguation of Past: 83 15 2 0 Disambiguation of 'previously': 77 23 Disambiguation of 'prior': 92 8
  2. (informal) Premature; acting or occurring too soon. Tags: informal Translations (premature): прибързан (pribǎrzan) (Bulgarian), prematur (Catalan), voorbarig (Dutch), نابه هنگام (nâbehangâm) (Persian), przedwczesny (Polish), tidig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-previous-en-adj-JD4Bcdl8 Disambiguation of 'premature': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: former, late, old, prævious [archaic] Derived forms: previous examination, previous question, previous to, previousness

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹi.vi.əs/ [General-American], /ˈpɹiː.vɪəs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-previous.ogg [US] Forms: previouses [plural]
Etymology: From Latin praevius. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|praevius}} Latin praevius Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} previous (countable and uncountable, plural previouses)
  1. (informal, UK) An existing criminal record (short for "previous convictions") Tags: UK, countable, informal, uncountable Synonyms: form
    Sense id: en-previous-en-noun-a7eK4Gy- Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 4 57 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 6 64 14 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 22 9 46 23
  2. (informal, UK) A track record of similar behaviour. Tags: UK, countable, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-previous-en-noun-EIDio3Jz Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: prævious [archaic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "following"
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      "word": "next"
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          "roman": "minúly",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "міну́лы"
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          "roman": "papjarédni",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "папярэ́дні"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "śabek",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "সাবেক"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "predišen",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "предишен"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "a.lyang",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "အလျင်"
        },
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "previ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "prior",
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǐqián de",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "以前的"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "prior",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "předchozí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "foregående"
        },
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "forrige"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "vorig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "antaŭa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "edellinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "aikaisempi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "aiempi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "préalable"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "previo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "anterior"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "vorhergehend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "fairns",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍃"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "proïgoúmenos",
          "sense": "prior",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "προηγούμενος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "qodém",
          "sense": "prior",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "קוֹדֵם"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "pichlā",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "पिछला"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "előző"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "megelőző"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "antea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "previo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "alt": "まえの",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mae no",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "前の"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "alt": "ゼン",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "zen-",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "前"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "mun",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "មុន"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "boppei",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "បុព្វេ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ijeonui",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "이전의"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "pêşu",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "پێشو"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "rabirdu",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "ڕابردو"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "kǭn",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "ກ່ອນ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "bup phē",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "ບຸບເພ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "kī",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "ກີ້"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "prior"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "antiquus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "ankstesnis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "tōmua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "forrige"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "foregående"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "førre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "føregåande"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "anterior"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "forestapol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "pišin",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "پیشین"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "poprzedni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "ubiegły"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "prévio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "predydúščij",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "предыду́щий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "próšlyj",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "про́шлый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "previo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "anterior"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "förra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "föregående"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "ก่อนหน้านี้"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gɔ̀ɔn",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "ก่อน"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "tîi-lɛ́ɛo",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "ที่แล้ว"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gào",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "เก่า"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "dəəm",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "เดิม"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gîi",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "กี้"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "sngon ma",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "སྔོན་མ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "önceki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "poperédnij",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "попере́дній"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "mynúlyj",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "мину́лий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "pichlā",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "پچھلا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "qua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "prior",
          "word": "blaenorol"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, Gerald Lynch, Roughnecks, Drillers, and Tool Pushers",
          "text": "I was a bit previous it turned out, as I worked short-handed for ten days before I could find another hand.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "(informal) Premature; acting or occurring too soon."
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      "word": "سَابِق"
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      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "նախորդ"
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      "code": "ast",
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      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "previu"
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    {
      "code": "ast",
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      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "anterior"
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      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "ötən"
    },
    {
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      "word": "keçən"
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      "word": "keçmiş"
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      "sense": "prior",
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      "sense": "prior",
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      "roman": "śabek",
      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "সাবেক"
    },
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      "roman": "predišen",
      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "предишен"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "a.lyang",
      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "အလျင်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "previ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "anterior"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "以前的"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "předchozí"
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "foregående"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "prior",
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      "word": "antaŭa"
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    {
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      "word": "préalable"
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    },
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      "code": "gl",
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      "roman": "fairns",
      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍃"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "he",
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      "code": "hi",
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      "word": "पिछला"
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      "code": "hu",
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "io",
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    {
      "code": "it",
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    {
      "alt": "ゼン",
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      "code": "km",
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      "word": "មុន"
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      "code": "km",
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      "word": "បុព្វេ"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
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    {
      "code": "ckb",
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    {
      "code": "ckb",
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      "roman": "rabirdu",
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      "word": "ڕابردو"
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      "roman": "kǭn",
      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "ກ່ອນ"
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    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "bup phē",
      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "ບຸບເພ"
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      "code": "lo",
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      "roman": "kī",
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      "code": "lt",
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      "code": "mi",
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    {
      "code": "no",
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      "code": "no",
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      "code": "nn",
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    {
      "code": "nn",
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      "code": "oc",
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      "code": "ang",
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      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "forestapol"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "word": "پیشین"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "prior",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "ubiegły"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "predydúščij",
      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "предыду́щий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "próšlyj",
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      "word": "про́шлый"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "word": "previo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "anterior"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "förra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "föregående"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
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      "word": "ก่อนหน้านี้"
    },
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      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "gɔ̀ɔn",
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      "word": "ก่อน"
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      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "tîi-lɛ́ɛo",
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      "word": "ที่แล้ว"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "gào",
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      "word": "เก่า"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dəəm",
      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "เดิม"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gîi",
      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "กี้"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "sngon ma",
      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "སྔོན་མ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "önceki"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poperédnij",
      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "попере́дній"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mynúlyj",
      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "мину́лий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "pichlā",
      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "پچھلا"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "qua"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "prior",
      "word": "blaenorol"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pribǎrzan",
      "sense": "premature",
      "word": "прибързан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "premature",
      "word": "prematur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "premature",
      "word": "voorbarig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nâbehangâm",
      "sense": "premature",
      "word": "نابه هنگام"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "premature",
      "word": "przedwczesny"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "premature",
      "word": "tidig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "previous"
}

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    }
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      "tags": [
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    }
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        {
          "text": "It turned out the shoplifter had a lot of previous.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1994, William J. Caunitz, Three complete novels: Black Sand; Suspects; One Police Plaza",
          "text": "Simmons had eight previouses: robberies, burglaries, a couple of felonious assaults.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "An existing criminal record (short for \"previous convictions\")"
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        "(informal, UK) An existing criminal record (short for \"previous convictions\")"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "form"
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        "UK",
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        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, “Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United”, in guardian.co.uk",
          "text": "For that Smalling will have to do his time grazing in the scapegoat’s paddock because his contribution here supplied hard evidence of a player lacking the football intelligence that is needed at the highest level. He has previous on that front and it is difficult to find any mitigation for the way he scythed down James Milner when the first rule for a defender on a yellow card is not to dive in unless it is absolutely necessary.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "13 August 2023, Gerard Meagher, “Owen Farrell’s red card likely to put England’s World Cup plans in disarray”, in theguardian.com",
          "text": "Mitigation will be limited given his previous and as he has already attended tackle school he cannot return.",
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        }
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        "A track record of similar behaviour."
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        "(informal, UK) A track record of similar behaviour."
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        "uncountable"
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-previous.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/13/En-us-previous.ogg/En-us-previous.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/En-us-previous.ogg",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "prævious"
    }
  ],
  "word": "previous"
}

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