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former::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

former
adjective
/'fɔrmər/
belonging to some prior time
Type Words
Synonyms erstwhile, old, one-time, onetime, quondam, sometime


our former glory.

former::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

former
adjective
/'fɔrmər/
belonging to the distant past
Type Words
Synonyms early, other


former generations.

former::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

former
adjective
/'fɔrmər/
(used especially of persons) of the immediate past
Type Words
Synonyms late, previous


the former president.

former::noun | Spocien Dictionary

former
noun
/'fɔrmər/
the first of two or the first mentioned of two
Type Words
Type of first, number one


Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today.

former:: | Spocien Dictionary

former
/'fɔrmər/
referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)
Type Words


the novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967; I prefer the former version to the latter one.
LeafTensor is a decentralized system.