PREVIOUS


Meaning of PREVIOUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pri:viəs ]

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

A previous event or thing is one that happened or existed before the one that you are talking about.

She has a teenage daughter from a previous marriage...

He has no previous convictions.

ADJ : ADJ n

2.

You refer to the period of time or the thing immediately before the one that you are talking about as the previous one.

It was a surprisingly dry day after the rain of the previous week...

ADJ : det ADJ

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