previous
pre
ˈpri:
pri
vious
viəs
viēs
/ˈpriːviəs/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "previous"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀, āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ

occurring or existing before what is being mentioned
previous definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the previous chapter, the author introduced the main characters.
āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇, āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āϚāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀, āϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĻ•

(of an individual) having held a position or role directly before the current person
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The previous director implemented several policies that are still in place today.
āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻ• āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻž āφāϜāĻ“ āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§Ž āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ•āĻžāϞ, āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āĻĄāĻŧā§‹

acting before the appropriate time or before having all the necessary information
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The scientist admitted he was previous in drawing conclusions from incomplete data.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧀ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžā§œāĻžāĻšā§ā§œā§‹ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀, āĻ—āϤ

immediately before the current or mentioned time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The previous week had been incredibly busy with meetings and deadlines.
āφāϗ⧇āϰ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĄā§‡āĻĄāϞāĻžāχāύ āϏāĻš āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

previously
previous
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