I would like to retract my previous statement.
Source: tatoeba (1981)
Previous
//ˈpɹi.vi.əs//
Synonyms for "previous" (88 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (44)
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Antonyms
6 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
94 translations across 53 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- سَابِق adj (prior)
- قبل adj (prior)
Armenian
1 entries- նախորդ adj (prior)
Asturian
2 entries- anterior adj (prior)
- previu adj (prior)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- keçmiş adj (prior)
- keçən adj (prior)
- ötən adj (prior)
Belarusian
2 entries- міну́лы adj (prior)
- папярэ́дні adj (prior)
Bengali
1 entries- সাবেক adj (prior)
Bulgarian
2 entries- предишен adj (prior)
- прибързан adj (premature)
Burmese
1 entries- အလျင် adj (prior)
Catalan
3 entries- anterior adj (prior)
- prematur adj (premature)
- previ adj (prior)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- پێشو adj (prior)
- ڕابردو adj (prior)
Chagatai
2 entries- اولغی adj (prior)
- بورونغی adj (prior)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 上 adj (prior)
- 以前的 adj (prior)
Czech
1 entries- předchozí adj (prior)
Danish
2 entries- foregående adj (prior)
- forrige adj (prior)
Dutch
2 entries- voorbarig adj (premature)
- vorig adj (prior)
Esperanto
1 entries- antaŭa adj (prior)
Finnish
3 entries- aiempi adj (prior)
- aikaisempi adj (prior)
- edellinen adj (prior)
French
1 entries- précédent adj (prior)
Galician
2 entries- anterior adj (prior)
- previo adj (prior)
German
1 entries- vorhergehend adj (prior)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍃 adj (prior)
Greek
1 entries- προηγούμενος adj (prior)
Hebrew
1 entries- קוֹדֵם adj (prior)
Hindi
1 entries- पिछला adj (prior)
Hungarian
2 entries- előző adj (prior)
- megelőző adj (prior)
Ido
1 entries- antea adj (prior)
Italian
1 entries- previo adj (prior)
Japanese
2 entries- 前 adj (prior)
- 前の adj (prior)
Khmer
2 entries- បុព្វេ adj (prior)
- មុន adj (prior)
Korean
1 entries- 이전의 adj (prior)
Lao
3 entries- ກີ້ adj (prior)
- ກ່ອນ adj (prior)
- ບຸບເພ adj (prior)
Latin
2 entries- antiquus adj (prior)
- prior adj (prior)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ankstesnis adj (prior)
Māori
1 entries- tōmua adj (prior)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- foregående adj (prior)
- forrige adj (prior)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- føregåande adj (prior)
- førre adj (prior)
Occitan
1 entries- anterior adj (prior)
Old English
1 entries- forestapol adj (prior)
Persian
2 entries- نابه هنگام adj (premature)
- پیشین adj (prior)
Polish
3 entries- poprzedni adj (prior)
- przedwczesny adj (premature)
- ubiegły adj (prior)
Portuguese
1 entries- prévio adj (prior)
Russian
2 entries- предыду́щий adj (prior)
- про́шлый adj (prior)
Spanish
2 entries- anterior adj (prior)
- previo adj (prior)
Swedish
3 entries- föregående adj (prior)
- förra adj (prior)
- tidig adj (premature)
Thai
4 entries- กี้ adj (prior)
- ก่อน adj (prior)
- ก่อนหน้านี้ adj (prior)
- ที่แล้ว adj (prior)
Tibetan
1 entries- སྔོན་མ adj (prior)
Turkish
2 entries- evvelki adj (prior)
- önceki adj (prior)
Ukrainian
2 entries- мину́лий adj (prior)
- попере́дній adj (prior)
Urdu
1 entries- پچھلا adj (prior)
Uyghur
3 entries- ئاۋۋالقى adj (prior)
- بالدۇرقى adj (prior)
- بۇرۇنقى adj (prior)
Uzbek
2 entries- avvalgi adj (prior)
- burungi adj (prior)
Vietnamese
1 entries- qua adj (prior)
Welsh
1 entries- blaenorol adj (prior)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
It is that Emmet's theory is compatible with previous theories in physics that is of most significance.
Source: tatoeba (30497)
In short, it is because the 'plan.doc' file I attached in the previous email was infected with a virus.
Source: tatoeba (39769)
The evidence corresponds to his previous statement.
Source: tatoeba (46255)
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