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{
"term": "previous",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "happening or existing before the event or object that you are talking about",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "No previous experience is necessary for this job."
},
{
"text": "The car has had only one previous owner."
},
{
"text": "She is his daughter from a previous marriage."
},
{
"text": "I was unable to attend because of a previous engagement."
},
{
"text": "The judge will take into consideration any previous convictions."
},
{
"text": "We dealt with this in a previous chapter."
},
{
"text": "We had met on two previous occasions."
},
{
"text": "Most previous studies have focused on the elderly."
},
{
"text": "Today's teens are more health conscious than previous generations."
}
],
"synonyms": "prior"
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "immediately before the time you are talking about",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the **previous year/month/week/night**"
},
{
"text": "I couldn't believe it when I heard the news. I'd only seen him the **previous day**."
},
{
"text": "He went jogging on Friday, despite the doctor’s warnings the **previous day**."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpriːviəs/",
"audio": "pr/previous/previous__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpriːviəs/",
"audio": "pr/previous/previous__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Latin praevius ‘going before’ (from prae ‘before’ + via ‘way’) + -ous."
}