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| definition 1: |
happening in or having to do with the past; previous.
He was a great baseball player in his former career.
- synonyms:
- bygone, past, previous, prior
- antonyms:
- current, new
- similar words:
- old, old-time, olden, other, recent
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| definition 2: |
being the first of two, or the first mentioned of two.
She preferred the former suggestion to the latter.
- antonyms:
- latter
- similar words:
- previous
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| definition 3: |
having once been.
The senator is a former history professor.
- synonyms:
- ex-
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| related words: |
back |
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