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FromLatinpraevius.

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previous (comparativemoreprevious,superlativemostprevious)

  1. (not comparable)Prior; occurringbefore something else, either intime ororder.
    He is no better than theprevious Prime Minister.
    • 1963,Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, inThe China Governess: A Mystery, London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC:
      He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him[…] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from theprevious century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.
    • 2025 May 10, Nick Paton Walsh, “Ukraine ceasefire call is aimed at forcing Putin to reveal his war goals to Trump”, inCNN‎[1]:
      Putin’s answered by simply stating he did not believe Ukraine had honored theprevious ceasefires Moscow had unilaterally called, and that Kyiv has said Moscow never respected either.
  2. (informal)Premature; acting or occurring toosoon.
    • 2010, Gerald Lynch,Roughnecks, Drillers, and Tool Pushers:
      I was a bitprevious it turned out, as I worked short-handed for ten days before I could find another hand.

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prior
premature

Noun

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previous (countable anduncountable,pluralpreviouses)

  1. (informal, UK) An existingcriminalrecord (short for "previous convictions")
    Synonym:form
    It turned out the shoplifter had a lot ofprevious.
    • 1994, William J. Caunitz,Three complete novels: Black Sand; Suspects; One Police Plaza:
      Simmons had eightpreviouses: robberies, burglaries, a couple of felonious assaults.
  2. (informal, UK) A track record of similar behaviour, especially bad behaviour.
    • November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, “Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United”, inguardian.co.uk‎[2]:
      For thatSmalling will have to do his time grazing in the scapegoat’s paddock because his contribution here supplied hard evidence of a player lacking the football intelligence that is needed at the highest level. He hasprevious on that front and it is difficult to find any mitigation for the way he scythed downJames Milner when the first rule for a defender on a yellow card is not to dive in unless it is absolutely necessary.
    • 2023-08-13, Gerard Meagher, “Owen Farrell’s red card likely to put England’s World Cup plans in disarray”, inThe Guardian‎[3]:
      Mitigation will be limited given hisprevious and as he has already attended tackle school he cannot return.
  3. (informal, UK) A record of previous hostility or conflict (between people).
    The two players refused to shake hands — there's a bit ofprevious there.

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