{
    "term": "previous",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "happening or existing before the event or object that you are talking about",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "No previous experience is necessary for this job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The car has had only one previous owner."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is his daughter from a previous marriage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was unable to attend because of a previous engagement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The judge will take into consideration any previous convictions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We dealt with this in a previous chapter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had met on two previous occasions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most previous studies have focused on the elderly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Today's teens are more health conscious than previous generations."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "prior"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "immediately before the time you are talking about",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **previous year/month/week/night**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I couldn't believe it when I heard the news. I'd only seen him the **previous day**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He went jogging on Friday, despite the doctor’s warnings the **previous day**."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpriːviəs/",
                "audio": "pr/previous/previous__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpriːviəs/",
                "audio": "pr/previous/previous__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Latin praevius ‘going before’ (from prae ‘before’ + via ‘way’) + -ous."
}