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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. just preceding something else in time or order;
- Example: "the previous owner"
- Example: "my old house was larger"
[syn: previous(a), old]

2. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past;
- Example: "the former president"
- Example: "our late President is still very active"
- Example: "the previous occupant of the White House"
[syn: former(a), late(a), previous(a)]

3. too soon or too hasty;
- Example: "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"
- Example: "a premature judgment"
[syn: previous(p), premature]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

previous
    adj 1: just preceding something else in time or order; "the
           previous owner"; "my old house was larger" [syn:
           previous(a), old]
    2: (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)]
    3: too soon or too hasty; "our condemnation of him was a bit
       previous"; "a premature judgment" [syn: previous(p),
       premature]