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  • 1Previous — Pre vi*ous, a. [L. praevius going before, leading the way; prae before + via the way. See {Voyage}.] Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 2Previous to — Previous Pre vi*ous, a. [L. praevius going before, leading the way; prae before + via the way. See {Voyage}.] Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness. [1913… …

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  • 3previous — previously, adv. previousness, n. /pree vee euhs/, adj. 1. coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner. 2. Informal. done, occurring, etc., before the proper time; premature: Aren t you a little previous with that… …

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  • 4previous — 1. adjective a) prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order. He is no better than the previous Prime Minister. b) premature; occurring too soon …

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  • 5previous — adjective Etymology: Latin praevius leading the way, from prae pre + via way more at way Date: 1625 1. going before in time or order ; prior 2. acting too soon ; premature < somewhat previous in his conclusion > Synonyms: see …

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  • 6Previous question — Previous Pre vi*ous, a. [L. praevius going before, leading the way; prae before + via the way. See {Voyage}.] Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness. [1913&#8230; …

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  • 7Previous question — Previous question, in parliamentary procedure (also known as calling for the question, calling the question, close debate and other terms) is a motion to end debate, and the moving of amendments, on any debatable or amendable motion and bring&#8230; …

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  • 8Previous Bose headphones — Previous Noise Reducing HeadphonesBose QuietComfort HeadphonesThe Bose QuietComfort Headphones (also now known as the QC1) was the very first consumer level headphones released by the company in 2000 [ [http://www.bose.com/controller?event=VIEW&#8230; …

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  • 9Previous notice — Previous notice, in parliamentary procedure, is an announcement that a motion will be introduced at a future meeting of a deliberative assembly.Previous notice can be given in one of two ways. A member either announces it at a meeting of the&#8230; …

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  • 10Previous Condition — is a 1965 short story by James Baldwin, taken from the short story collection, Going to Meet the Man .Plot introductionPeter, an actor, is surreptitiously living in a white neighbourhood in New York.Plot summaryBack from Chicago where he was&#8230; …

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