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1 (before) (épith) [day, meeting, manager, chapter] gen précédent ; (further back in time) antérieur ; the previous page la page précédente ; the previous day la veille, le jour précédent or d'avant ; the previous week/year la semaine/l'année précédente or d'avant ; in a previous life dans une vie antérieure ; on a previous occasion (une fois) déjà ; on previous occasions à plusieurs reprises ; she has two previous convictions Jur elle a déjà fait l'objet de deux inculpations ; he has no previous convictions Jur il a un casier judiciaire vierge ; to have a previous engagement être déjà pris ; ‘previous experience essential’ ‘expérience préalable indispensable’ ;
2 ○ (hasty) (jamais épith) [decision] hâtif/-ive ; [action] prématuré ; he was a little previous in making the decision alone c'était un peu hâtif de sa part de prendre seul cette décision.
B previous to prep phr avant ; previous to living here, he … avant de vivre ici, il…

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