- 1. a. Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness. Source: opted
- 2. adj. just preceding something else in time or order Source: wordnet
- 3. adj. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. too soon or too hasty Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 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. Source: adambom
- 7. j:100 s. just preceding something else in time or order s. too soon or too hasty Source: ecdict
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