former

former
attributive adjective
1) (earlier) früher; (ex-) ehemalig; Ex-

in former times — früher

2) (first-mentioned)

in the former case — im ersteren Fall

the former — der/die/das erstere; pl. die ersteren

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['fo:mə]
adjective
(of an earlier time: In former times people did not travel so much.) früher
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- the former
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for·mer
[ˈfɔ:məʳ, AM ˈfɔ:rmɚ]
I. adj attr, inv
1. (previous) ehemalige(r, s), frühere(r, s)
to restore sth to its \former glory etw wieder in seinem alten Glanz erstrahlen lassen
in a \former life in einem früheren Leben
2. (first of two) erstere(r, s)
II. n
the \former der/die/das Erstere
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['fɔːmə(r)]
1. adj
1) (= previous) president, chairman, employee etc früher, ehemalig; home, prison, school, hospital etc ehemalig; country, place, strength, authority etc früher; times, years, days vergangen

former President Richard Nixon — der frühere or ehemalige Präsident Richard Nixon

his former wife —

her former husband — ihr Exmann m

the radicals of former days — die Radikalen der Vergangenheit

in former years or times or days — in früheren Zeiten

2)

(as opposed to latter) the former option/alternative etc — die erstere Möglichkeit/Alternative etc

2. n

the former — der/die/das erstere; (more than one) die ersteren pl

of these two theories I prefer the former — von diesen beiden Theorien ziehe ich (die) erstere vor

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former1 [ˈfɔː(r)mə(r)] s
1. Former(in), Gestalter(in)
2. TECH Former m (Arbeiter)
3. TECH Form-, Drückwerkzeug n
4. FLUG Spant m
5. SCHULE besonders Br in Zusammensetzungen Schüler(in) der … Klasse
former2 [ˈfɔː(r)mə(r)] adj
1. früher(er, e, es), vorig(er, e, es):
the former Mrs Smith die frühere Frau Smith;
he is his former self again er ist wieder (ganz) der Alte
2. vorhergehend, vorherig(er, e, es)
3. vergangen:
in former times früher, in früheren Zeiten
4. ersterwähnt(er, e, es), erstgenannt(er, e, es) (von zweien):
the former … the latter Erster(er, e, es) … Letzter(er, e, es)
5. ehemalig(er, e, es):
a former president
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attributive adjective
1) (earlier) früher; (ex-) ehemalig; Ex-

in former times — früher

2) (first-mentioned)

in the former case — im ersteren Fall

the former — der/die/das erstere; pl. die ersteren

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adj.
ehemalig adj.
früher adj.

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