Previously

//ˈpɹiːvi.əsli//

Synonyms for "previously" (42 found)

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Closest matches (9)

Adverb(1 words)
antecedently

Strong matches (12)

Related words (21)

Adverb(2 words)
sometimeswhilere

Related word relations

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

2 entries

derived from

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related to

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Translations

81 translations across 43 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • قَبْل adv (at an earlier time)
  • قَبْلًا adv (at an earlier time)

Aramaic

1 entries
  • הידין adv (at an earlier time)

Armenian

3 entries
  • նախապես adv (at an earlier time)
  • նախորդիվ adv (at an earlier time)
  • նախօրոք adv (at an earlier time)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • някога adv (at an earlier time)
  • преди adv (at an earlier time)

Catalan

2 entries
  • anteriorment adv (at an earlier time)
  • prèviament adv (at an earlier time)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • لەمەوبەر adv (at an earlier time)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 以前 adv (at an earlier time)
  • 舊時 /旧时 adv (at an earlier time)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 以前 adv (at an earlier time)
  • 先前 adv (at an earlier time)

Corsican

1 entries
  • anteriormente adv (at an earlier time)

Czech

2 entries
  • dříve adv (at an earlier time)
  • předtím adv (at an earlier time)

Danish

1 entries
  • før adv (at an earlier time)

Dutch

3 entries
  • tevoren adv (at an earlier time)
  • vroeger adv (at an earlier time)
  • wat voorafging adv (recapitulating the preceding episodes of a series)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • antaŭe adv (at an earlier time)

Finnish

2 entries
  • aiemmin adv (at an earlier time)
  • aikaisemmin adv (at an earlier time)

French

4 entries
  • antérieurement adv (at an earlier time)
  • auparavant adv (at an earlier time)
  • autrefois adv (at an earlier time)
  • précédemment adv (at an earlier time)

Galician

1 entries
  • previamente adv (at an earlier time)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ადრე adv (at an earlier time)
  • წინათ adv (at an earlier time)

German

4 entries
  • ehemals adv (at an earlier time)
  • früher adv (at an earlier time)
  • vorher adv (at an earlier time)
  • zuvor adv (at an earlier time)

Greek

1 entries
  • προηγουμένως adv (at an earlier time)

Hindi

1 entries
  • पहले adv (at an earlier time)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • az előző részek tartalmából adv (recapitulating the preceding episodes of a series)
  • az előzőekben adv (at an earlier time)
  • azelőtt adv (at an earlier time)
  • korábban adv (at an earlier time)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • áður adv (at an earlier time)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • dulu adv (at an earlier time)

Irish

1 entries
  • roimh ré adv (at an earlier time)

Italian

4 entries
  • antecedentemente adv (at an earlier time)
  • anteriormente adv (at an earlier time)
  • in antecedenza adv (at an earlier time)
  • in precedenza adv (at an earlier time)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 予て adv (at an earlier time)
  • 予め adv (at an earlier time)
  • 以前 adv (at an earlier time)
  • 先に adv (at an earlier time)

Korean

1 entries
  • 앞서 adv (at an earlier time)

Latin

2 entries
  • anteā adv (at an earlier time)
  • prius adv (at an earlier time)

Low German

2 entries
  • fördem adv (at an earlier time)
  • fördęm adv (at an earlier time)

Maltese

1 entries
  • dari adv (at an earlier time)

Old English

1 entries
  • furþum adv (at an earlier time)

Persian

1 entries
  • قبلا adv (at an earlier time)

Polish

1 entries
  • poprzednio adv (at an earlier time)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • anteriormente adv (at an earlier time)
  • antes adv (at an earlier time)

Russian

3 entries
  • пре́жде adv (at an earlier time)
  • ра́нее adv (at an earlier time)
  • ра́ньше adv (at an earlier time)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • प्रथमम् adv (at an earlier time)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • ro làimh adv (at an earlier time)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • prethodno adv (at an earlier time)
  • претходно adv (at an earlier time)

Spanish

3 entries
  • anteriormente adv (at an earlier time)
  • con anterioridad adv (at an earlier time)
  • previamente adv (at an earlier time)

Swedish

2 entries
  • förut adv (at an earlier time)
  • tidigare adv (at an earlier time)

Urdu

1 entries
  • پہلے adv (at an earlier time)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • avval adv (at an earlier time)

Welsh

2 entries
  • o'r blaen adv (at an earlier time)
  • yn flaenorol adv (at an earlier time)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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New York is one of the cities that I previously thought that I wanted to visit.

Source: tatoeba (35899)

Previously, floods were fate for the region.

Source: tatoeba (240937)

He arrived two days previously.

Source: tatoeba (288501)

However, that involved a mountain of previously unconsidered problems.

Source: tatoeba (329046)

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