previous
adjective
                                                                                                                            
                                                            pre·vi·ous
                    
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                  ˈprē-vē-əs  
                                                      
                                                          
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                                                      : going before in time or order : prior                                      
              
                             
the previous owners
                                       previous attempts had failed
                                       reread the previous page
                         
                
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                                                      : acting too soon : premature                                      
              
                             
somewhat previous in his conclusion
                         
                
                    
                                                      previously
                                      adverb
                                                                                                      
                        
                        
    
          
         
                        Physicists have constructed a pipette that dispenses a billionth of a trillionth of a liter, a droplet that's a thousand times as small as volumes previously achieved.    
        
        
            — A. Cunningham
A. Cunningham          
  
                  
          
         
                        Previously, many mutations have been induced by harsh treatments such as X rays, UV light or chemicals.    
        
        
            — Kevin Struhl
Kevin Struhl          
  
              
                                                      previousness
                                      noun
                                                                                                      
                        
                        
    
          
         
                        Had I been capable of looking closer then, I might have asked myself why every kind of previousness miraculously survived there …    
        
        
            — Robyn Davidson
Robyn Davidson          
  
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