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Meaning of former
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
former
adj 1: 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" [ant: {latter(a)}]
2: belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former
glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"
[syn: {erstwhile(a)}, {former(a)}, {old}, {onetime(a)}, {one-
time(a)}, {quondam(a)}, {sometime(a)}]
3: (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" [syn: {former(a)},
{late(a)}, {previous(a)}]
4: belonging to the distant past; "the early inhabitants of
Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times" [syn:
{early(a)}, {former(a)}, {other(a)}]
n 1: the first of two or the first mentioned of two; "Tom and
Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered
today" [ant: {latter}]
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