(not comparable) Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order. / (informal) Premature; acting or occurring too soon.

(informal, UK) An existing criminal record (short for "previous convictions") / (informal, UK) A track record of similar behaviour.

before, prior to.

(politics) In parliamentary procedure, a call to end debate on a pending proposal and bring it to an immediate vote.

plural of previous question

(now archaic, with present-tense constructions) First; beforehand, in advance. / (with past-tense constructions) At an earlier time. / (television) Recapitulating the preceding episodes of a series.

(South Africa, euphemistic) Belonging or relating to the previously disenfranchised population groups in South Africa, i.e. blacks, coloureds, and Indians.

The quality of being previous.

plural of previous