The quality of being previous.

(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.

plural of previous

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