Usually means: Existing or occurring before something else.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. previous: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. previous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. previous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. previous: Collins English Dictionary
  5. previous: Vocabulary.com
  6. Previous, previous: Wordnik
  7. previous: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. previous: Wiktionary
  9. previous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. previous: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. previous: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Previous, previous: Dictionary.com
  13. previous: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. previous: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Previous (software): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Previous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. previous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. previous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. previous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. previous: Free Dictionary
  21. previous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. previous: Dictionary/thesaurus
  23. previous: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. previous: Legal dictionary
  2. Previous, Previous, Previous: WashingtonPost.com: Business

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. previous: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. previous, previous, previous: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. previous: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (not comparable) Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.
adjective:  (informal) Premature; acting or occurring too soon.
noun:  (informal, UK) An existing criminal record (short for "previous convictions")
noun:  (informal, UK) A track record of similar behaviour, especially bad behaviour.
noun:  (informal, UK) A record of previous hostility or conflict (between people).

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