previous

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Prior

   Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.

   • He is no better than the previous Prime Minister.
   • Putin’s answered by simply stating he did not believe Ukraine had honored the previous ceasefires Moscow had unilaterally called, and that Kyiv has said Moscow never respected either.
2. 2

   Premature

   Premature; acting or occurring too soon.

   • I was a bit previous it turned out, as I worked short-handed for ten days before I could find another hand.
3. 3

   An existing criminal record (short for "previous convictions")

   • It turned out the shoplifter had a lot of previous.
   • Simmons had eight previouses: robberies, burglaries, a couple of felonious assaults.
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   1. 4

      A track record of similar behaviour, especially bad behaviour.

      • Mitigation will be limited given his previous and as he has already attended tackle school he cannot return.
   2. 5

      A record of previous hostility or conflict (between people).

      • The two players refused to shake hands — there's a bit of previous there.

The neighborhood

• synonymforegoing
• synonymformer
• synonymlate
• synonymold
• antonymfuture
• antonymfollowing
• antonymnext
• antonymsucceeding