Synonym: earlier, former, one-time, preceding, prior. Antonym: following. Similar words: previously, envious, obvious, oblivious, obviously, review, prevail, various. Meaning: ['prɪːvɪəs] adj. 1. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past 2. too soon or too hasty 3. just preceding something else in time or order.
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121, I'd just like to comment on what your previous caller was saying.
122, She had been reviewing the previous week on her way home.
123, After eight years in power, the government can no longer use the previous government's policy as an alibi for its own failure.
124, I am unable to attend because of a previous engagement.
125, Previous students have had nothing but praise for the course content and staff.
126, The horse has won at all of his previous meetings this season.
127, America's current economic downturn is markedly different from previous recessions.
128, The company has severed its connection/links/relationship/ties with its previous partners.
129, He is somewhat to the left of the previous leader.
130, His latest book is a reworking of material from his previous short stories.
131, He undid most of the good work of the previous manager.
132, One bad harvest could wipe out all of a grower's profits for the previous two years.
133, The jury must take into account any mitigating circumstances presented by the defense,[http://sentencedict.com/previous.html] such as previous good character.
134, Aren't you rather previous in assuming I am going to pay?
135, This was one of the factors that led to President Suharto's dropping of his previous objections.
136, The Air France plane lopped over four hours off the previous best time.
137, Douglas was a 29-year-old journeyman fighter, erratic in his previous fights.
138, The new missile is faster and more manoeuvrable than previous models.
139, He had even locked away all the videos of his previous exploits.
140, The teacher tied in what he said with the vocabulary in the previous lesson.
141, I think I may have been an animal in a previous life.
142, It would just be a continuation of previous visits he has made to Israel.
143, The president said the country could not be held bound by a treaty signed by the previous regime.
144, In the moralistic accents of today's leaders we hear echoes of a previous generation's hypocrisy.
145, For those uninitiated in scientific ocean drilling(sentencedict.com), the previous record was a little over 4 km.
146, The German girl improved on her previous best performance in the 100 metres.
147, Even the Assistant Secretary of State had to admit that previous policy did not, in his words, produce results.
148, Out of a random sample of drivers, 21% had been in an accident in the previous year.
149, We have a considerably smaller house than the previous one.
150, What you say does not accord with the previous evidence.
More similar words: previously, envious, obvious, oblivious, obviously, review, prevail, various, curious, anxious, dubious, prevention, officious, vivacious, bumptious, ambitious, mysterious, suspicious, loquacious, pugnacious, laboriously, consciousness, subconsciously, levity, device, Rev., evident, evidence, violate, violent.