Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.

    He is no better than the previous Prime Minister.

    vorhergehend

    предыду́щийpredydúščij, про́шлыйpróšlyj

    попере́днійpoperédnij, мину́лийmynúlyj

    just preceding something else in time or order

  2. (informal)Premature; acting or occurring too soon.

    too soon or too hasty

Examples

256 sentences
  1. Tom couldn't attend the meeting because of a previous engagement.

    Том не зміг бути присутнім на зустрічі із-за наявності попередніх зобов'язань. — deniko

  2. I would like to retract my previous statement.

    Я хотів би забрати мою попередню заяву. — victorq10

    ruЯ хотел бы взять назад своё предыдущее заявление. — diana_brain

    deIch würde gerne meine vorhergehende Erklärung widerrufen. — MUIRIEL

  3. My previous boss was a woman.

    deZuvor hatte ich eine Chefin. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I liked the previous ones better.

  5. I have a previous engagement at ten.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From Latin praevius.

From Latin praevius.

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Forms

more previous, most previous
Comparativemore previous Lesson
Superlativemost previous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • just preceding something else in time or order:old
  • too soon or too hasty:premature
  • (used especially of persons) of the immediate past:formerlate

Antonyms

4 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • a previous engagement
  • previous engagement
  • have a previous

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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