before, prior to.

(not comparable) Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order. / (informal) Premature; acting or occurring too soon.

(informal, UK) An existing criminal record (short for "previous convictions") / (informal, UK) A track record of similar behaviour.

(politics) In parliamentary procedure, a call to end debate on a pending proposal and bring it to an immediate vote.

plural of previous question

plural of previous

(South Africa, euphemistic) Belonging or relating to the previously disenfranchised population groups in South Africa, i.e. blacks, coloureds, and Indians.

The quality of being previous.

(now archaic, with present-tense constructions) First; beforehand, in advance. / (with past-tense constructions) At an earlier time. / (television) Recapitulating the preceding episodes of a series.