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"our former glory"adjectivebelonging to some prior time
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"former generations"adjectivebelonging to the distant past
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"the former president"adjective(used especially of persons) of the immediate past
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"Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today"nounthe first of two or the first mentioned of twoOpposite:type of:
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"the novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967; I prefer the former version to the latter one"referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)Opposite:
Definition that contains former
- mark formerly the basic unit of money in Germany
- russia formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
- pound formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- spoon formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face
- ghetto formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live
- sahib formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India; used after the name
- tinker formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living
- kgb formerly the predominant security police organization of Soviet Russia
- charger formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle
- lira formerly the basic unit of money in Italy; equal to 100 centesimi