former
for
ˈfɔr
fawr
mer
mɜr
mēr
/fˈɔːmɐ/

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

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āϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĻ•, āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀

(of a person) having filled a specific status or position in an earlier period
former definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was the former captain of the basketball team before her injury.
āφāϘāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϟāĻŦāϞ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĻ• āĻ…āϧāĻŋāύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĻ•, āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ

referring to the previous state or condition of an object, organization, or place, which has since changed
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Their former house was much larger, but they downsized after moving to the city.
āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ, āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀

referring to the first of two things mentioned
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She debated between two apartments to rent, ultimately selecting the former option due to its proximity to public transportation.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ—āĻŖāĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻšāύ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĻ•, āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ

no longer present or current
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He often reminisces about the former days of his youth.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āϤāĻžāϰ āϝ⧌āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
the former
the
ˈðə
dhē
for
fɔ:r
fawr
mer
mər
mēr
/ðə fˈɔːmə/
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ, āϏ⧇āχ

the first of two people, things, or groups previously mentioned
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Of the two movies we watched, I enjoyed the former more because it had a stronger storyline.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϝ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāύ⧇āĻŽāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āϞ⧇āϗ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀āĨ¤

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

formerly
former
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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