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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:
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