Word: former

Category: former

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Synonyms: former

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: former

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spanish
Translations:
precedente, anterior
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german
Translations:
vorig, früher, erstgenannt, frühere
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french
Translations:
passé, précédent, ancien, ancienne, antérieur, antécédent
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italian
Translations:
precedente
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portuguese
Translations:
passado, anterior, antecedente, modelar, precedente, formulário, formar
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dutch
Translations:
verleden, voormalig, gewezen, voorgaand, voorafgaand, ex-
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russian
Translations:
первый, былой, предшествующий, бывалый, прежний
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norwegian
Translations:
foregående
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swedish
Translations:
förra, förgången, föregående
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finnish
Translations:
edellinen, vanha, aikaisempi, aiempi, entinen
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danish
Translations:
forbigangen
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czech
Translations:
předešlý, bývalý, dřívější
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polish
Translations:
były, dawny, poprzedni
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turkish
Translations:
önceki
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greek
Translations:
πρώην
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ukrainian
Translations:
дотеперішній, укладач, модель, творець
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estonian
Translations:
esimene, endine
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croatian
Translations:
bivša, bivši, prijašnji, nekadašnju, nekadašnjih
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icelandic
Translations:
fyrrverandi, fyrri
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latin
Translations:
priscus, pristinus
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lithuanian
Translations:
senas
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romanian
Translations:
fost
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slovak
Translations:
bývalý, minulý

The meaning and "use of": former

adjective
  • having previously filled a particular role or been a particular thing. - her former boyfriend
  • denoting the first or first mentioned of two people or things. - those who take the former view
noun
  • a person or thing that forms something. - an opinion-former
  • a person in a particular school year. - fifth-formers

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