Synonyms for previous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pree-vee-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpri vi əs

Top 10 synonyms for previous

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Définition of previous

Origin : 1620s, from Latin praevius "going before," from prae "before" (see pre-) + via "road" (see via). Related: Previously.

adj former, prior
adj premature

Example sentences :

These were all the modifications he had to make in his previous statements.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

I suppose they do not know that you were—that you have had any previous hospital experience.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Palmer had the car out—had, indeed, not been home since the morning of the previous day.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Schwitter had taken in five hundred dollars the previous day.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed.
Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire

On the previous day there was the first rehearsal of Handel's Admeto.
Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent

"My poor, dear child," she whispered, as she had done the previous evening in church.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

The previous evening she believed in something, but that had now passed by.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

The experience of the previous night taught Marian that Linda had arrived.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

But he did not say that she had tried to draw it the day previous.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

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