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form·er ¹  (fôrmr)

n.

1. One that forms; a maker or creator: a former of ideas.

2. A member of a school form: a fifth former.

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former

Adjective

1. belonging to or occurring in an earlier time: a grotesque parody of a former greatness

2. having been at a previous time: the former prime minister

Noun

the former the first or first mentioned of two

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	former - the first of two or the first mentioned of two; "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today" first, number one - the first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the first" latter - the second of two or the second mentioned of two; "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the latter is remembered today"
Adj.	1.	former - referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several); "the novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967; I prefer the former version to the latter one" latter - referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several); "in the latter case"
	2.	former - belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" one-time, onetime, quondam, sometime, erstwhile, old past - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"
	3.	former - (used especially of persons) of the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House" previous, late past - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"
	4.	former - belonging to the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times" early, other past - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"

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former

adjective 1. previous, one-time, erstwhile, ex-, late, earlier, prior, sometime, foregoing, antecedent, anterior, quondam, whilom (archaic) ci-devant (French) << OPPOSITE current

adjective 2. past, earlier, long ago, bygone, old, ancient, departed, old-time, long gone, of yore << OPPOSITE present

adjective 3. aforementioned, above, first mentioned, aforesaid, preceding, foregoing

Translations

former [ˈfɔːməʳ] adj → anterior (= earlier); antiguo (= ex); ex;

the former ... the latter ... → aquél ... éste ...;

the former president → el antiguo or ex presidente;

the former Yugoslavia/Soviet Union → la antigua or ex Yugoslavia/Unión Soviética

former [ˈfɔːməʳ] adj → ancien(ne);

(before n) → précédent(e);

the former ... the latter → le premier ... le second, celui-là ... celui-ci;

the former president → l'ex-président;

the former Yugoslavia/Soviet Union → l'ex Yougoslavie/Union Soviétique

former [ˈfɔːməʳ] adj → früher;

the former ... the latter ... → Erstere(r, s) ... Letztere(r, s);

the former president → der ehemalige Präsident;

the former East Germany → die ehemalige DDR

former [ˈfɔːməʳ] adj → vecchio/a (before n) → ex inv (before n);

the former president → l'ex presidente;

the former ... the latter → quello ... questo;

the former Yugoslavia/Soviet Union → l'ex Jugoslavia/Unione Sovietica

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former

adj former [ˈfoːmə]

of an earlier time In former times people did not travel so much.vroeëreسابِقбившdřívějšítidligerefrüherπρώην, προηγούμενοςantiguo, anteriorendineپیشین؛ قدیمentinenancienקוֹדֵםभूतपूर्वprošli, prijašnjikorábbidulufyrriprecedente, passato前の이전의, 옛날의ankstyvesnisagrākais; bijušaisterdahuluvroegertidligere, fordumsdawny, poprzednipassadode altădatăпрежнийbývalýprejšnjiranijiförgångenก่อนgeçmiş, eski從前的колишній; попереднійگزشتہtrước; cũ;nguyên从前的

adv ˈformerly

in earlier times Formerly this large town was a small village.voorheenسابِقا، فيما مَضىпредиdřívetidligerefrüherπαλιότερα, άλλοτεantiguamentevanastiدر گذشتهentisaikaanautrefoisלְשֶׁעָבַרपहलेprije, nekadaazelőttdulunyaforðum, fyrrumun tempo, in passato昔は이전에, 옛날에anksčiauagrāk; senākdulunyavroegerfør i tida, tidligerepoprzednioantigamentecândvaпреждеpredtýmprejranijeförr, förutก่อนหน้านี้eskiden從前раніше, колисьماضی میںtrước đây; thuở xưa从前

the former

the first of two things mentioned We visited America and Australia, staying longer in the former than in the latter.eersgenoemdeالمَذْكور اوَّلاпървото от дветеprvníførstnævnte; den førsteder/die/das Erstgenannteο πρώτος (από τους δύο)el primeroesimesena mainituاولیedellinenle premierהַרִאשוֹןपूर्वprvospomenuti, prvi (od dvoga)előbbiyang pertamafyrrnefnduril primo前者전자(前者)pirmasispirmais (no iepriekšminētajiem)yang pertamade eersteførstnevnte, den førstepierwszy (z dwóch wymienionych)primeiroprimulпервый (из двух)(uvedený ako) prvý, skôr spomínanýprvi (od dveh)prethodniden förre (förra), det (de) förraกรณีแรกilki, birincisi前者першийدو مذکورہ اشیا میں سے پہلیcái trước; người trước前者