former
AdjektivSubstantivSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈfɔːmə//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈfɔɹmɚ//
Previous.
Adjektiv
- 1
Previous.
A former president
the former East Germany
At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
The former-slaves-turned-abolitionists Quobna Ottobah Cugoano and Olaudah Equiano were the chief organizers of the Sons of Africa.
Herkunft
Inherited from Middle English former, comparative of forme (“first”), from Old English forma (“first”), descended from Proto-Germanic *frumô. Parallel to prior (via Latin), as comparative form from same Proto-Indo-European root. Related to first and fore (thence before), from Proto-Germanic.
Substantiv
- 1
First of aforementioned two items.
The former is a good idea but the latter is not.
We have two cars, a red one and a blue one. We won the former on a game show.
Bananas are tastier than parsnips, but the latter’s nutritional value is higher than the former’s.
Substantiv
- 1
Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.
Dave was the former of the company.
- 2
An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die.
The brick arch was built using a wooden former.
- 3
Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).
Fifth-former.
Sixth-former.
Herkunft
Inherited from Middle English formere. By surface analysis, form + -er.
Formen
- Plural
- formers