former

adjective · nounA2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

fmr

1.
(not comparable)Previous.
A former president
the former East Germany
Đồng nghĩa: erstwhile, sometime, whilom, wont-to-be
2.
(not comparable)First of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun.
The former is a good idea but the latter is not.
We have two cars, a red one and a blue one. We won the former on a game show.
Bananas are tastier than parsnips, but the latter’s nutritional value is higher than the former’s.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

formers

1.
Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.
Dave was the former of the company.
2.
An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die.
The brick arch was built using a wooden former.
3.
(British)(chiefly British, used in combinations) Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).
Fifth-former.
Sixth-former.

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Đồng nghĩa

erstwhile sometime whilomwont-to-be

Trái nghĩa

next followingafterlater subsequent posterior succeeding successor ulterior latter

Cùng gốc / liên quan

formerlyformernessformer Soviet Unionformer timesformer USSRformer Yugoslav Republic of Macedoniashadow of one's former selfex

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Nguồn gốc từ

Middle English former, comparative of forme (first), from Old English forma (first), descended from Proto-Germanic *frumô. Parallel to prior (via Latin), as comparative form from same Proto-Indo-European root. Related to first and fore (thence before), from Proto-Germanic.