What does “previous” mean?
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"Previous" means the one that came before — the one right before this one. Like, it's the thing that happened earlier, not now.
So if you're reading page 5 of a book, page 4 is the previous page. Or if today is Wednesday, Tuesday was the previous day.
You might hear it like this — "Did you see my previous message? I sent it an hour ago." Or maybe your friend is talking about a job: "My previous job was really stressful, so I'm happy here now." It can also show up like, "I can't come — I have a previous plan already." That means you made the plan before this new one.
Basically, "previous" just points to something that happened or existed before the current thing.
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