1former1 (ˈfɔːmə
)
Definitions
adjective (prenominal)
- belonging to or occurring in an earlier time ⇒
former glory
- having been at a previous time ⇒
a former colleague
- denoting the first or first mentioned of two ⇒
in the former case
- near the beginning
noun
- See the former
Synonyms
View thesaurus entry2former2 (ˈfɔːmə)
Definitions
noun
- a person or thing that forms or shapes
- electrical engineering a tool for giving a coil or winding the required shape, sometimes consisting of a frame on which the wire can be wound, the frame then being removed
Translations
- British English:
former
You use former when you are talking about someone or something in the past.…the former president.ˈfɔːmə ADJECTIVE …the former president.
- Spanish:
antiguo
adj antigua
- French:
ancien
adj
- German:
ehemalig
adj
- Chinese: 以前的 adj
- Arabic: سَابِق adj
- Portuguese: anterior adj
- Russian: бывший adj бывшая
- Croatian: bivši adj bivša
- Czech: dřívější adj
- Danish: tidligere adj
- Dutch: voormalig adj
- Finnish: entinen adj
- Greek: πρώην adj
- Italian: ex adj
- Japanese: 以前の no_posp
- Korean: 전의 adj
- Norwegian: foregående adj
- Polish: poprzedni adj poprzednia
- Brazilian Portuguese: anterior adj
- European Spanish:
antiguo
adj antigua
- Swedish: föregående adj
- Thai: ก่อนหน้านี้ adj
- Turkish: eski adj
- Vietnamese: trước adj
Usage examples
Perhaps he is as unimpressed by royalty as some of our former schoolfellows!
, LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)Ultimately, however, repairing a derelict house to its former glory gives a rare sense of achievement.
Country Life (2004)Did Mr Buckley, a former head of AIB Capital Markets, stop at contacting Mr Cronin?
Irish Times (2002)'The former players can work well alongside the existing staff.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Though he would occasionally hit the high of former times, The King of Comedy was evidence of an inexorable decline.
, DE NIRO: A Biography (2002)