different between preexistent vs previous
preexistent
English
Alternative forms
- pre-existent
- preëxistent (uncommon)
Etymology
pre- +? existent
Adjective
preexistent (not comparable)
- Existing previously.
- Preceding existence.
- a preexistent state
Romanian
Etymology
From French préexistant
Adjective
preexistent m or n (feminine singular preexistent?, masculine plural preexisten?i, feminine and neuter plural preexistente)
- preexisting
Declension
preexistent From the web:
- pre existing means
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previous
English
Alternative forms
- prævious (archaic)
Etymology
From Latin praevius.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?ivi.?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p?i?v??s/
Adjective
previous (comparative more previous, superlative most previous)
- (not comparable) Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.
- He is no better than the previous Prime Minister.
- (informal) Premature; acting or occurring too soon.
Synonyms
- former
- late
- old
- See also Thesaurus:former
Antonyms
- future
- following
- next
- succeeding
Derived terms
- previous to
- previously
- previously disadvantaged
- previousness
Translations
Noun
previous (countable and uncountable, plural previouses)
- (informal, Britain) An existing criminal record (short for "previous convictions")
- Synonym: form
- It turned out the shoplifter had a lot of previous.
- 1994, William J. Caunitz, Three complete novels: Black Sand; Suspects; One Police Plaza
- Simmons had eight previouses: robberies, burglaries, a couple of felonious assaults.
- (informal, Britain) A track record of similar behaviour.
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- For that Smalling will have to do his time grazing in the scapegoat’s paddock because his contribution here supplied hard evidence of a player lacking the football intelligence that is needed at the highest level. He has previous on that front and it is difficult to find any mitigation for the way he scythed down James Milner when the first rule for a defender on a yellow card is not to dive in unless it is absolutely necessary.
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
Anagrams
- pervious, viperous
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