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==English==

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|-}}

# [[prior]]; occurring [[before]] something else, either in [[time]] or [[order]].
#: ''He is no better than the '''previous''' Prime Minister.''
# {{informal}} [[premature]]; occurring too [[soon]].
#: ''I thought that I had solved the problem, but I was a bit '''previous'''.''

===Synonyms===
* [[former]]
* [[late]]
* [[old]]
* See also [[Thesaurus:former]]

====Antonyms====
* [[succeeding]]
* [[future]]

====Noun====
{{en-noun|-}}

# {{informal|UK}} An existing [[criminal]] [[record]]
#: ''It turned out the shoplifter had a lot of '''previous'''.''

===Thesaurus===
[[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]]

===Alternative forms===
* [[prævious]] {{qualifier|archaic}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en-us-previous.ogg|Audio (US)}}

==Translations==
====Adjective====
{{trans-top|prior}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|سابق|alt=سابِق|tr=saabiq}}
* [[Catalan]]: {{t|ca|previ}}, {{t|ca|anterior}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|zh|以前|tr=yǐqián de|alt=以前的|sc=Hani}}
* Czech: {{t-|cs|předchozí|m}}
* Danish: {{t-|da|foregående}}, {{t+|da|forrige}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vorig}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|edellinen}}, {{t+|fi|aikaisempi}}, {{t+|fi|aiempi}}
* French: {{t+|fr|préalable}}
* German: [[vorhergehend]]
* Hindi: {{t|hi|पिछला|tr=pichlā|sc=Deva}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|előző}}, {{t-|hu|megelőző}}
* [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|antea|xs=Ido}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|previo}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|前|tr=まえの, mae-no|alt=前の|sc=Jpan}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|이전|tr=ijeon-ui|alt=이전의|sc=Kore}}
* Kurdish: {{ku-Arab|[[پێشو]]}}, {{ku-Arab|[[ڕابردو]]}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|ankstesnis}}
* Norwegian:
*: [[Bokmål]]: {{tø|no|forrige}},  {{tø|no|foregående}}
*: [[Nynorsk]]: {{t|nn|førre|xs=Norwegian Nynorsk}},  {{t|nn|føregåande|xs=Norwegian Nynorsk}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|پیشین|tr=pišin|xs=Persian}}
* Polish: [[poprzedni]], [[ubiegły]]
* Portuguese: [[prévio]]
* Russian: {{t|ru|предыдущий|tr=predydúščij|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|прошлый|tr=próšlyj|sc=Cyrl}}
* Spanish: {{t-|es|previo}}, {{t+|es|anterior}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|förra}}, {{t+|sv|föregående}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|blaenorol}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|premature}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|voorbarig}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|نابه هنگام|tr=nâbehangâm|xs=Persian}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|tidig}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Anagrams===
* [[pervious#English|pervious]]
* [[viperous#English|viperous]]

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