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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: former (0.00905 detik)
Found 4 items, similar to former.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: former
bekas
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: former
dulu-dulu, jebolan, lepasan, mantan, pendahulu, sediakala
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: former
former
adj 1: referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned
(or the earlier one or ones of several);
“the novel
was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967; I
prefer the former version to the latter one” [syn:
former(a)]
[ant:
latter(a)]
2: belonging to some prior time;
“erstwhile friend”;
“our
former glory”;
“the once capital of the state”;
“her
quondam lover” [syn:
erstwhile(a),
former(a),
once(a),
onetime(a),
quondam(a),
sometime(a)]
3: (used especially of persons) of the immediate past;
“the
former president”;
“our late President is still very
active”;
“the previous occupant of the White House” [syn:
former(a),
late(a),
previous(a)]
4: of the distant past;
“the early inhabitants of Europe”;
“former generations”;
“in other times” [syn:
early(a),
former(a),
other(a)]
former
n : the first of two or the first mentioned of two;
“Tom and
Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered
today” [ant:
latter]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Former
Former
\For"mer\, a. [A compar. due to OE. formest. See
Foremost.]
1. Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior;
earlier; hence, ancient; long past.
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For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age. --Job.
viii. 8.
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The latter and former rain. --Hosea vi. 3.
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3. Near the beginning; preceeding; as, the former part of a
discourse or argument.
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3. Earlier, as between two things mentioned together; first
mentioned.
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A bad author deserves better usage than a bad
critic; a man may be the former merely through the
misfortune of an ill judgment; but he can not be
latter without both that and an ill temper. --Pope.
Syn: Prior; previous; anterior; antecedent; preceding;
foregoing.
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Former
\Form"er\, n.
1. One who forms; a maker; a creator.
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2. (Mech.)
(a) A shape around which an article is to be shaped,
molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise
constructed.
(b) A templet, pattern, or gauge by which an article is
shaped.
(c) A cutting die.
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