Collocations for "previous"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "previous" in context.
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previous
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- view previous [name, page, message]
- [maybe, perhaps] in previous times
- previous attempts were [unsuccessful, a failure]
- [several, all] previous attempts
- during our previous attempts to [contact, find, call, reach] you
- during the previous [year]]
- during my previous [studies, work] in
- (in) his previous [job, employment]
- in previous years
- the previous topic was
- a summary of previous [episodes, events, matches]
- only one previous owner
- [guaranteed, covered, paid] by the previous owner
- had previous knowledge of (the plan)
- previous to [arriving, living, working] here
'previous' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
best
- better
- compare
- improve
- mirror
- prefer
- recommend
- return
- top
- answer
- article
- bid
- boyfriend
- claim
- commitment
- cry
- director
- girlfriend
- image
- improvement
- update
- threshold
- status
- standard
- situation
- review
- president
- performance
- page
- owner
- model
- meeting
- location
- efficient
- unlike
- cabinet
- correspondence
- departure
- document
- engagement
- expansion
- journal
- junction
- module
- recommendation
- remedy
- scenario
- setback
- attendance
- audit