Formerly

//ˈfɔɹmɚli//

Synonyms for "formerly" (44 found)

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Closest matches (9)

Adverb(1 words)
at one time

Strong matches (13)

Adverb(2 words)
ersterstwhile
Preposition(1 words)
formerly known as

Related words (22)

Adverb(1 words)
once

Related word relations

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6 relation types

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Synonyms

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Related terms

3 entries

derived

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derived from

2 entries

related to

4 entries

Translations

82 translations across 32 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • πρίν adv (previously; once)

Arabic

1 entries
  • كَانَ adv (at some time in the past)

Bashkir

4 entries
  • борон adv (at some time in the past)
  • борон adv (previously; once)
  • элек adv (at some time in the past)
  • элек adv (previously; once)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • в миналото adv (at some time in the past)
  • някога adv (previously; once)
  • преди adv (at some time in the past)
  • преди adv (previously; once)

Catalan

1 entries
  • anteriorment adv (at some time in the past)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • جاران adv (at some time in the past)
  • لەمەو پێش adv (previously; once)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 以前 adv (at some time in the past)

Czech

3 entries
  • dříve adv (at some time in the past)
  • dříve adv (previously; once)
  • kdysi adv (at some time in the past)

Danish

4 entries
  • fordum adv (at some time in the past)
  • forhen adv (at some time in the past)
  • tidligere adv (at some time in the past)
  • tidligere adv (previously; once)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • antaŭe adv (at some time in the past)
  • antaŭe adv (previously; once)

Finnish

3 entries
  • aiemmin adv (at some time in the past)
  • aiemmin adv (previously; once)
  • kerran adv (previously; once)

French

3 entries
  • anciennement adv (at some time in the past)
  • auparavant adv (at some time in the past)
  • autrefois adv (at some time in the past)

Georgian

1 entries
  • წინათ adv (at some time in the past)

German

2 entries
  • ehemals adv (at some time in the past)
  • früher adv (at some time in the past)

Greek

3 entries
  • προηγουμένως adv (previously; once)
  • προηγούμενος adv (previously; once)
  • πρώην adv (at some time in the past)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • לַשְׁעָבַר adv (at some time in the past)

Japanese

2 entries
  • かつて adv (previously; once)
  • 旧来 adv (at some time in the past)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អតីត adv (at some time in the past)

Latin

2 entries
  • anteā adv (at some time in the past)
  • quondam adv (previously; once)

Māori

2 entries
  • inamata adv (at some time in the past)
  • irāmata adv (at some time in the past)

Navajo

1 entries
  • ałkʼidą́ą́ʼ adv (at some time in the past)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • tidligere adv (at some time in the past)
  • tidligere adv (previously; once)

Old English

2 entries
  • ǣror adv (at some time in the past)
  • ǣror adv (previously; once)

Polish

4 entries
  • dawniej adv (at some time in the past)
  • kiedyś adv (at some time in the past)
  • przedtem adv (at some time in the past)
  • wcześniej adv (at some time in the past)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • antes adv (previously; once)
  • antigamente adv (at some time in the past)

Russian

3 entries
  • когда́-то adv (at some time in the past)
  • не́когда adv (at some time in the past)
  • пре́жде adv (at some time in the past)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • पुरा adv (at some time in the past)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • roimhe adv (at some time in the past)
  • roimhe adv (previously; once)

Spanish

4 entries
  • antaño adv (at some time in the past)
  • antaño adv (previously; once)
  • anteriormente adv (at some time in the past)
  • antes adv (at some time in the past)

Swedish

2 entries
  • fordom adv (at some time in the past)
  • fordom adv (previously; once)

Turkish

4 entries
  • bir zaman adv (at some time in the past)
  • bir zaman adv (previously; once)
  • bir zamanlar adv (previously; once)
  • eskiden adv (at some time in the past)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • بالدۇر adv (at some time in the past)
  • بالدۇر adv (previously; once)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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He didn't deny that he was formerly involved in the program.

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Formerly this harbor was prosperous.

Source: tatoeba (272111)

Formerly people did not know that the earth is round and that it moves around the sun.

Source: tatoeba (272148)

Formerly, a book was worth its weight in silver, if not in gold.

Source: tatoeba (272155)

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