āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
former
01
āϏāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ, āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāĻŦāϰā§āϤā§
(of a person) having filled a specific status or position in an earlier period
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was the former captain of the basketball team before her injury.
āĻāĻāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻā§ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻā§āĻāĻŦāϞ āĻĻāϞā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ āĻ
āϧāĻŋāύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Their former house was much larger, but they downsized after moving to the city.
āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻļāĻšāϰ⧠āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĢā§āϞā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ, āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāĻŦāϰā§āϤā§
referring to the first of two things mentioned
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She debated between two apartments to rent, ultimately selecting the former option due to its proximity to public transportation.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŽā§āύā§āĻā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, āĻļā§āώ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻāĻŖāĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻšāύā§āϰ āύāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He often reminisces about the former days of his youth.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āϤāĻžāϰ āϝā§āĻŦāύā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻā§āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻĨāĻž āϏā§āĻŽāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
the former
01
āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ, āϏā§āĻ
the first of two people, things, or groups previously mentioned
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Of the two movies we watched, I enjoyed the former more because it had a stronger storyline.
āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āϝ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāύā§āĻŽāĻž āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āϞā§āĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰ āĻāϞā§āĻĒ āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
formerly
former
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