föregående — meaning in English

English meaning

• erstwhile adjective Former; belonging to an earlier time and no longer holding the position or relationship described.
• foregoing adj Coming just before, in time, position, order or importance.
• former adj Existing or happening before now; previous.
• previous adj Coming before the current one, in time or order.

Senses

föregående is used for these senses in English:

• foregoing Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
• former First of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun.
• previous (not comparable) Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.

erstwhile — full definition

1. adjective Former; belonging to an earlier time and no longer holding the position or relationship described.
2. adverb Formerly; at a time in the past.

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