previously
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹiːvi.əsli/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɹivi.əsli/
Audio (US): (file)
Adverb
previously (not comparable)
- (now archaic, with present-tense constructions) First; beforehand, in advance.
- 1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC:
- I must, however, previously remark, that the power of generalizing ideas, to any great extent, is not very common amongst men or women.
- (with past-tense constructions) At an earlier time; already.
- The discovery of a previously unknown species had taken place nearly two years previously.
- 2019 August 10, Julie Brown, Veronica Penney, Daniel Chang, Sarah Blaskey, “Jeffrey Epstein is gone, but allegations against powerful associates linger”, in Tampa Bay Times:
- In the lawsuit, Giuffre claimed she was forced to have sex with a “large amount of people,” some of whom had not previously been named including New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson […].
- (television) Recapitulating the preceding episodes of a series.
Derived terms
Translations
at an earlier time
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recapitulating the preceding episodes of a series
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