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Definitions for Former

[1] preceding in time; prior or earlier: during a former stage in the proceedings.
[2] past, long past, or ancient: in former times.
[3] preceding in order; being the first of two: Our former manufacturing process was too costly.
[4] being the first mentioned of two (distinguished from latter): The former suggestion was preferred to the latter.
[5] having once, or previously, been; erstwhile: a former president.
[6] a person or thing that forms or serves to form.
[7] a pupil in a particular form or grade, especially in a British secondary school: fifth formers.
[8] belonging to or occurring in an earlier time former glory
[9] having been at a previous time a former colleague
[10] denoting the first or first mentioned of two in the former case
[11] near the beginning
[12] the former the first or first mentioned of two: distinguished from latter
[13] a person or thing that forms or shapes
[14] electrical engineering a tool for giving a coil or winding the required shape, sometimes consisting of a frame on which the wire can be wound, the frame then being removed

Words related to Former

old, departed, erstwhile, anterior, antecedent, ancient, bygone, past, prior, above, first, aforesaid, earlier, foregoing, late, once, one-time, preceding, sometime, quondam

Words nearby Former

formative element, formboard, formby, forme, forme fruste, former, formerly, formfitting, formful, formic, formic acid

Origin of Former

2First recorded in 1300–50, former is from the Middle English word fourmer. See form, -er1

Words that may be confused with Former

former, later, latter

Synonyms for Former

departed, erstwhile, old, above, ancient, antecedent, anterior, bygone, first, past, prior, aforementioned, aforesaid, earlier, ex-, foregoing, late, long ago, long gone, of yore, once, one-time, preceding, quondam, sometime, whilom