"previous" meaning in English

See previous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpri.vi.əs/ [US], /ˈpriː.vɪəs/ [UK] Audio: en-us-previous.ogg [US] Forms: previous [positive], [comparative], [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something happened at a previous time, it happened before a particular time.
    Sense id: simple-previous-en-adj-J0a4W-nV

Preposition

IPA: /ˈpri.vi.əs/ [US], /ˈpriː.vɪəs/ [UK] Audio: en-us-previous.ogg [US] Forms: previous
Head templates: {{preposition}} [POS TABLE]
  1. You use previous to refer to a time before something else. Synonyms: prior
    Sense id: simple-previous-en-prep-HLq4uJvv
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    {
      "form": "previous",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Last year, we lived in Seoul, but the previous year we were in Moscow."
        }
      ],
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        "If something happened at a previous time, it happened before a particular time."
      ],
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    }
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpriː.vɪəs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-previous.ogg",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
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    }
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      ]
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  ],
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      "name": "preposition"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The history of this site previous to the seventeenth century is unknown."
        },
        {
          "text": "Four years previous, he had been sick for a month."
        }
      ],
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        "You use previous to refer to a time before something else."
      ],
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      "raw_tags": [
        "sometimes after the noun"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "prior"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpriː.vɪəs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-previous.ogg",
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "previous"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "previous",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
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  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Last year, we lived in Seoul, but the previous year we were in Moscow."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something happened at a previous time, it happened before a particular time."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "US"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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    }
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      "form": "previous",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The history of this site previous to the seventeenth century is unknown."
        },
        {
          "text": "Four years previous, he had been sick for a month."
        }
      ],
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        "You use previous to refer to a time before something else."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "sometimes after the noun"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "prior"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpri.vi.əs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpriː.vɪəs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-previous.ogg",
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        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "previous"
}

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