1 (former, earlier) [+night, day, year, page] anterior; [+experience] previo he has no previous convictions/a string of previous convictions no previous experience necessary the events of the previous night have you made any previous applications? she has a teenage daughter from a previous marriage it was a surprisingly dry day after the rain of the previous week more than a quarter of companies had cut their travel budgets in the previous six months she believed she had been a dancer in a previous life sb's previous [best] she beat her previous best by a clear second Prost's lap was a clear second faster than his previous best he added an incredible 32 lengths to his previous best the previous [day]/[year] I'd received a very similar letter the previous day the previous year the club had lost £332,000
we met by previous arrangement nos reunimos acordando una cita previa or mediante cita previa
I have a previous engagement tengo un compromiso previo
in a previous incarnation or life en una vida anterior
on previous occasions en ocasiones anteriores I'd had a nasty experience with a sales rep on a previous occasion the competition will run throughout August rather than June, as was the case on previous occasions
the car has had two previous owners el coche ha pasado por dos manos
in previous years los años anteriores
2 (hasty) prematuro this seems somewhat previous esto parece algo prematuro; you were a bit previous in inviting him te has precipitado un poco invitándole
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