previously

pre·vi·ous  (prv-s)

adj.

1. Existing or occurring before something else in time or order; prior: children by a previous marriage.

2. Informal Acting, occurring, or done too soon; premature.

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[From Latin praevius, going before : prae-, pre- + via, way; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]

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previ·ous·ly adv.

previ·ous·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

previously - at an earlier time or formerly; "she had previously lived in Chicago"; "he was previously president of a bank"; "better than anything previously proposed"; "a previously unquestioned attitude"; "antecedently arranged" antecedently

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previously

adverb before, earlier, once, in the past, formerly, back then, until now, at one time, hitherto, beforehand, a while ago, heretofore, in days or years gone by Previously she had no time to work in her own garden.

Translations

previously [ˈpriːvɪəslɪ] ADV (= earlier, formerly) → antes, anteriormente; (= in advance) → con antelación, previamente
as previously mentioned → como se ha mencionado antes or anteriormente
previously, the country had been divided in two → antes or anteriormente, el país había estado dividido en dos partes
she read out a previously prepared speech → leyó un discurso que había preparado con antelación or previamente

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previously [ˈpriːviəsli] adv → auparavant
10 days previously → 10 jours auparavant
pre-war prewar [ˌpriːˈwɔː^r] adj [leader, job, years, period, car, model, world] → d'avant-guerre

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previously

adv → vorher, früher; previously I had very little time to cook → früher hatte ich nur sehr wenig Zeit zum Kochen; he’d arrived three hours previously → er war drei Stunden zuvor angekommen; previously unreleased/unpublished → bislang or bisher unveröffentlicht; previously unknown → bislang or bisher unbekannt

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previously [ˈpriːvɪəslɪ] adv (before) → prima; (in the past) → in precedenza; (already) → già

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previously → من قَبْل předtím tidligere vorher πρωτύτερα antes aiemmin précédemment prethodno in precedenza 以前に 전에 voorafgaand tidligere poprzednio previamente заблаговременно innan แต่ก่อน daha önceden trước kia 先前