previous

Speech parts

1. previous - Noun

2. previous - Adjective

3. previous - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Temptations come on some people for the cleansing of previous sins, on other for the beautification of their current perfection, and on yet others, as preparation for things to come, except temptations, which are for the increase of a man's faith and virtue, as it was with Job. Maximus the Confessor

The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles. Karl Marx

The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation... they do not want to attract attention. Edith Sitwell

There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. Hindi Proverb

True nobility is in being superior to your previous self. Hindi Proverb

Year after year we long for (what we left behind) the previous year. Persian Proverb

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