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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]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

73 Moby Thesaurus words for "previous":
   a bit previous, above, advanced, aforementioned, aforesaid, ahead,
   ancient, ante, antecedent, anterior, anticipatory, before,
   beforehand, ci-devant, earlier, early, elder, erstwhile, far ahead,
   first, fore, foregoing, former, forward, half-baked, half-cocked,
   hasty, ill-considered, immemorial, impulsive, in advance, late,
   not firm, old, olden, older, once, onetime, overhasty, oversoon,
   past, precedent, preceding, precipitate, precocious, precurrent,
   preexistent, prehistoric, premature, previous to, prime, primeval,
   primitive, prior, prior to, quondam, recent, rushed, senior,
   sometime, soon, then, too early, too soon, uncrystallized,
   unjelled, unmatured, unmeditated, unpremeditated, unprepared,
   unripe, untimely, whilom