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Adjective

previous (not comparable)

Positive previous

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)
  1. prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.
    He is no better than the previous Prime Minister.
  2. (informal) premature; occurring too soon.
    I thought that I had solved the problem, but I was a bit previous.

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Noun

Singular previous

Plural uncountable

previous (uncountable)

  1. (informal, UK) An existing criminal record
    It turned out the shoplifter had a lot of previous.

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