Word Meanings - PREVIOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness. The dull sound . . . previous to the storm, Rolls o'er the muttering earth. Thomson. Previous question. See under
Additional info about word: PREVIOUS
Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness. The dull sound . . . previous to the storm, Rolls o'er the muttering earth. Thomson. Previous question. 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. Syn. -- Antecedent; preceding; anterior; prior; foregoing; former.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PREVIOUS)
- Anterior
- Prior
- foregoing
- antecedent
- previous
- precursive
- precedent
- earlier
- Introductory
- preliminary
- former
- Former
- Preceding
- prior
- ancient
- bygone
- anterior
- first-mentioned
- Preliminary
- Previous
- proemial
- prelusory
- preparatory
Related words: (words related to PREVIOUS)
- ANTERIORITY
The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority. Pope. - PRIORSHIP
The state or office of prior; priorate. - FORMERLY
In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore. - PREVIOUSNESS
The quality or state of being previous; priority or antecedence in time. - PRECEDENTLY
Beforehand; antecedently. - PROEMIAL
Introductory; prefatory; preliminary. Hammond. - ANTECEDENT
1. Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause. 2. Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability. Syn. -- Prior; previous; foregoing. - PRELUSORY
Introductory; prelusive. Bacon. - FOREGO
1. To quit; to relinquish; to leave. Stay at the third cup, or forego the place. Herbert. 2. To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up; to resign; to renounce; -- said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach, - PRECEDENTED
Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind. Walpole. - PRIORITY
1. The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application. 2. Precedence; superior rank. Shak. Priority of debts, a superior claim to payment, or a claim to payment before others. - PRECEDE
1. To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything. "Harm precedes not sin." Milton. 2. To go before in place, rank, or importance. 3. To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used with by or with before the - PRELIMINARY
Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations. Syn. -- Introductory; preparatory; - PRIORATE
The dignity, office, or government, of a prior. T. Warton. - INTRODUCTORY
Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory discourse. - PRIORESS
A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to an abbess. - PRECEDENCE; PRECEDENCY
1. The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another. 2. The act or state of going or being before in rank or dignity, or the place of honor; right to a more honorable place; superior - FOREGOER
1. One who goes before another; a predecessor; hence, an ancestor' a progenitor. 2. A purveyor of the king; -- so called, formerly, from going before to provide for his household. - ANTECEDENTLY
Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion. Barrow. - ANCIENTNESS
The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times. - DEFORMER
One who deforms. - SUBPRIOR
The vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the prior. - MISINFORMER
One who gives or incorrect information. - INFORMER
One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute. Common informer , one who habitually gives information of the violation of penal statutes, with a view to a prosecution - APRIORISM
An a priori principle.