Thesaurus: previous

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1. a. Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness.
2. adj. just preceding something else in time or order
3. adj. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past
4. adj. too soon or too hasty
5. Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness. The dull sound . . . previous to the storm, Rolls o'er the muttering earth. Thomson. Previous question. (Parliamentary Practice) See under Question, and compare Closure. -- Previous to, before; -- often used adverbially for previously. "Previous to publication." M. Arnold. "A policy . . . his friends had advised previous to 1710." J. H. Newman. Syn. -- Antecedent; preceding; anterior; prior; foregoing; former.
6. Going before in time; being or happening before something else;antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness.The dull sound . . . previous to the storm, Rolls o'er the mutteringearth. Thomson.Previous question. (Parliamentary Practice) See under Question, andcompare Closure.-- Previous to, before; -- often used adverbially for previously."Previous to publication." M. Arnold. "A policy . . . his friends hadadvised previous to 1710." J. H. Newman.
7. j:100 s. just preceding something else in time or order s. too soon or too hasty