previous
Meaning of previous
noun
- An existing criminal record (short for "previous convictions")
It turned out the shoplifter had a lot of previous.
- A track record of similar behaviour.
- Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.
He is no better than the previous Prime Minister.
- Premature; acting or occurring too soon.
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Hyphenation of previous
pre-vi-ous
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- previous is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
previous synonyms
Meaning former:
Meaning premature:
Meaning old:
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previous antonyms
Meaning :
following, future, next, succeeding
Translation of previous
- French: précédent, antérieur
- Spanish: precedente, previo, anterior, previa
- Portuguese: anterior
- German: vorherig
- Italian: precedente
Anagrams of previous
Words that rhyme with previous
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