previous

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈpri.vi.əs/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈpriː.vɪəs/

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Adjective

Positive previous

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. If something happened at a previous time, it happened before a particular time.
   • Synonym: former

   Last year, we lived in Seoul, but the previous year we were in Moscow.

Preposition

Preposition previous

1. (sometimes after the noun) You use previous to refer to a time before something else.
   • Synonym: prior

   The history of this site previous to the seventeenth century is unknown.

   Four years previous, he had been sick for a month.