previous

[US]/ˈpriːviəs/
[UK]/ˈpriːviəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. occurring or existing before in time or order; earlier
adv. before; previously

Phrases & Collocations

previous experience

previous version

previous year

previous generation

previous period

previous page

previous question

previous frame

previous arrangement

Example Sentences

previous exp an advantage.

the month previous to publication.

children by a previous marriage.

a day previous to Christmas

the trip was a carbon copy of the previous one.

I was very critical of the previous regime.

the excitements of the previous night.

hardly any had previous convictions.

they were at variance with all their previous allies.

on some day previous to Christmas

His previous attempt was successful.

Don't be too previous about refusing.

This question is subsidiary to the previous one.

The previous occupants had left the house in a terrible mess.

Remarriage would revoke all previous wills.

bettering his previous time by ten minutes.

she had a previous conviction for a similar offence.

the land was defiled by a previous owner.

This film doesn't hold a candle to his previous ones.

Real-world Examples

Other churches were conserved in previous years.

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

Say " yes and" to build on previous ideas.

Source: Selected English short passages

Connie and Willy are talking about the previous lesson.

Source: Intermediate American English by Lai Shih-Hsiung (Volume 2)

The revised edition is quite different from the previous edition.

Source: IELTS vocabulary example sentences

That's a reduction of around 19 percent on the previous year.

Source: This month VOA Daily Standard English

His previous record was a 220-pound pumpkin.

Source: CNN 10 Student English October 2019 Collection

And we helped bring online several hundred newspapers that previously were only in print.

Source: Celebrity Speech Compilation

And this comes one week after House Republicans previous impeachment effort fell short.

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

This new planet broke all previous records.

Source: Mysteries of the Universe

Oh, that's fine. But we normally ask for a previous address in that case.

Source: Cambridge IELTS Listening Actual Test 6

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