FORMER
\fˈɔːmə], \fˈɔːmə], \f_ˈɔː_m_ə]\
Definitions of FORMER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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of the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times"
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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"
By Princeton University
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of the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times"
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One who forms; a maker; a creator.
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A shape around which an article is to be shaped, molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise constructed.
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A templet, pattern, or gauge by which an article is shaped.
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A cutting die.
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Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier; hence, ancient; long past.
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Near the beginning; preceeding; as, the former part of a discourse or argument.
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Earlier, as between two things mentioned together; first mentioned.
By Oddity Software
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One who forms; a maker; a creator.
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A shape around which an article is to be shaped, molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise constructed.
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A templet, pattern, or gauge by which an article is shaped.
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A cutting die.
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Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier; hence, ancient; long past.
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Near the beginning; preceeding; as, the former part of a discourse or argument.
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Earlier, as between two things mentioned together; first mentioned.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald