Meaning of former | Babel Free

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2. Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.
3. past
4. The first of two persons or things mentioned: "The army was pulling itself together, the government was coming apart. The success of the former was continually imperiled by the failure of the latter" (Garry Wills).
5. First of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun
6. An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die.
7. of an earlier time. In former times people did not travel so much. vroeëre سابِق бивш passado dřívější früher tidligere πρώην, προηγούμενοςantiguo, anterior endine پیشین؛ قدیم aiempi ancienקודם भूतपूर्व prošli, prijašnji korábbi dulu fyrri precedente, passato 前の 이전의 ankstyvesnis agrākais; bijušais terdahulu vroegertidligere, fordumsdawny, poprzedni لرغونی، پخوانی passado de altădată прежний bývalý prejšnji raniji förgången ก่อน geçmiş, eski 從前的 колишній; попередній گزشتہ trước; cũ;nguyên 从前的
8. Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder
9. Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).
   British
10. last
11. in earlier times. Formerly this large town was a small village. voorheen سابِقا، فيما مَضى преди antigamente dříve früher tidligere παλιότερα, άλλοτεantiguamente vanasti در گذشته ennen autrefoisלשעבר पहले prije, nekada azelőtt dulunya forðum, fyrrum un tempo, in passato 昔は 이전에 anksčiau agrāk; senāk dulunya vroegerfør i tida, tidligerepoprzednio پخوا، په لر غونى وخت كى، په ړومبنى وخت كى antigamente cândva прежде predtým prej ranije förr, förut ก่อนหน้านี้ eskiden 從前 раніше, колись ماضی میں trư...
12. An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die
13. past, bygones
14. the first of two things mentioned. We visited America and Australia, staying longer in the former than in the latter. eersgenoemde المَذْكور اوَّلا първото от двете primeiro první der/die/das Erstgenannte førstnævnte; den første ο πρώτος (από τους δύο) el primero esimesena mainitu اولی ensin mainittu le premier הַרִאשוֹן पूर्व prvospomenuti, prvi (od dvoga) előbbi yang pertama fyrrnefndur il primo 前者 전자, 먼저 언급한 것 pirmasis pirmais (no iepriekšminētajiem) yang pertama de eerste førstnevnte, den...
15. Someone in, or of, a certain form (class)
16. One that forms; a maker or creator: a former of ideas.
17. A member of a school form: a fifth former.
18. Relating to or taking place in the past: in former times.
19. Having been so in the past: a former ambassador; his former boss.
20. Being the first of two mentioned.
21. belonging to or occurring in an earlier time: former glory.

Equivalents

Examples

“Dave was the former of the company.”

“The brick arch was built using a wooden former.”

“Fifth-former.”

“Sixth-former.”

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