previously
pre
ˈpri:
pri
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viəs
viēs
ly
li
li
/ˈpriːviəsli/

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

01

āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇, āφāϗ⧇

before the present moment or a specific time
previously definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I had previously visited the city for a conference before moving here for work.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāϏāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§‡āϞāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļāĻšāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
02

āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇, āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻŋāĻŽ

in advance of the current action or statement
Old use
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He previously requests silence before beginning his lecture.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤ⧃āϤāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ āύ⧀āϰāĻŦāϤāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇, āφāϗ⧇

used to reintroduce key events from earlier episodes at the start of a new installment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Previously, in Grey's Anatomy: The hospital faced a devastating storm.
āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇, āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇'āϏ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāύāĻžāϟāĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧇: āĻšāĻžāϏāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āĻāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

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

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