'Previous' definitions:
Definition of 'previous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger" [syn: previous(a), old]
adjective
(used especially of persons) of the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House" [syn: former(a), late(a), previous(a)]
adjective
Too soon or too hasty; "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"; "a premature judgment" [syn: previous(p), premature]
Definition of 'Previous'
From: GCIDE
- Previous \Pre"vi*ous\, a. [L. praevius going before, leading the way; prae before + via the way. See Voyage.] Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness. [1913 Webster]
- The dull sound . . . previous to the storm, Rolls o'er the muttering earth. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- Previous question. (Parliamentary Practice) See under Question, and compare Closure.
- Previous to, before; -- often used adverbially for previously. "Previous to publication." --M. Arnold. "A policy . . . his friends had advised previous to 1710." --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Antecedent; preceding; anterior; prior; foregoing; former. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'previous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a bit previous,
- above,
- advanced,
- aforementioned,
- aforesaid,
- ahead,
- ancient,
- ante,
- antecedent,
- anterior,
- anticipatory,
- before,
- beforehand,
- ci-devant,
- earlier,
- early,
- elder,
- erstwhile,
- far ahead,
- first,
- fore,
- foregoing,
- former,
- forward,
- half-baked,
- half-cocked,
- hasty,
- ill-considered,
- immemorial,
- impulsive,
- in advance,
- late,
- not firm,
- old,
- olden,
- older,
- once,
- onetime,
- overhasty,
- oversoon,
- past,
- precedent,
- preceding,
- precipitate,
- precocious,
- precurrent,
- preexistent,
- prehistoric,
- premature,
- previous to,
- prime,
- primeval,
- primitive,
- prior,
- prior to,
- quondam,
- recent,
- rushed,
- senior,
- sometime,
- soon,
- then,
- too early,
- too soon,
- uncrystallized,
- unjelled,
- unmatured,
- unmeditated,
- unpremeditated,
- unprepared,
- unripe,
- untimely,
- whilom