Former - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈfɔːrmər|
Brit.
|ˈfɔːmə|
noun
- the first of two or the first mentioned of two
Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today
adjective
- belonging to some prior time (syn: erstwhile, old, one-time, onetime, quondam, sometime)
our former glory
- (used especially of persons) of the immediate past (syn: late, previous)the former president
- belonging to the distant past (syn: early, other)former generations
Extra examples
...the coach is a former professional baseball player...
...the former manual had some errors, but the current version has its own problems...
Of the two spellings, the former is more common.
Their farm has been reduced to half its former size.
Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today
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