Category:Previous

Pre"vi*ous, a. Etym: [l. praevius going before, leading the way; prae Before + via the way. See voyage.]

Defn: 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.