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"sense": "El primero de dos términos mencionados antes; aquel, el uno (vs. el otro o el segundo).",
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"etymology_text": "Del inglés medio former, comparativo del inglés medio forme, del inglés antiguo forma, descendiente del protogermánico *frumô.",
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"text": "(antiguo, anterior) The former East Germany. (La antigua Alemania Oriental).",
"translation": "(previo, ex-) A former president. (Un presidente previo, un expresidente)."
},
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"text": "(primer) My former impression was that she was sick, but then I realized she was drunk. (Mi primera impresión fue que estaba enferma, pero luego me di cuenta de que estaba borracha)."
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"text": "The former is a good example but the latter is not. (El primero es un buen ejemplo, pero el segundo no lo es)."
},
{
"text": "I saw a red car and a white car. The latter was speeding, the former was not. (Vi un carro rojo y uno blanco. Este iba con exceso de velocidad, aquel no)."
}
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"translation": "(previo, ex-) A former president. (Un presidente previo, un expresidente)."
},
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Download raw JSONL data for former meaning in Inglés (3.8kB)
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