Former Meaning and Definition


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Former meaning

Word: Former

How to pronounce: ˈfɔːmə

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Having previously filled a particular role or been a particular thing.

Example sentences: "Her former boyfriend"

2. Denoting the first or first mentioned of two people or things.

Example sentences: "The powers of the former are more comprehensive than those of the latter"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A person or thing that forms something.

Example sentences: "An opinion-former"

2. A person in a particular school year.


Synonyms:

earlier

prior

the former

bygone

onetime

past

the first

erstwhile

previous

preceding

old

antecedent

precedent

once

sometime


Antonyms:

current

present

contemporary

actual

modern

real

new

next

following

this

it


Derivations:

formerly


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Former in Other Languages...

Spanish: Ex

German: Ehemaligen

French: Ancien

Italian: Ex

Turkish: Eski


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