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Pre·vi·ous a. Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness.
The dull sound . . . previous to the storm,
Rolls o'er the muttering earth. --Thomson.
Previous question. Parliamentary Practice See under Question, and compare Closure.
Previous to, before; -- often used adverbially for previously. “Previous to publication.” --M. Arnold. “A policy . . . his friends had advised previous to 1710.” --J. H. Newman.
Syn: -- Antecedent; preceding; anterior; prior; foregoing; former.
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