Словарь синонимов английского языка - previous

(adj) 1. former, prior, past, earlier, one-time, foregoing, sometime, erstwhile, preceding, Literary quondam, Archaic whilom: A previous owner of the house filled in the fish-pond. 2. prior, former, foregoing, above, preceding, Formal antecedent, anterior, aforementioned, above-mentioned, before-mentioned, aforesaid, above-named: Please see the previous examples in the Foreword. 3. premature, untimely, too soon or early: Isn't putting up Christmas decorations in October being a bit previous? 4. previous to. previously to, before, prior to, preceding, anterior to, antecedent to: Previous to the advent of motor cars, we had traffic jams of horse-dbawn vehicles.