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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Just preceding something else in time or order
Example:
my old house was larger
Synonyms:
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preceding (existing or coming before)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Too soon or too hasty
Example:
a premature judgment
Synonyms:
premature; previous
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early (at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(used especially of persons) of the immediate past
Example:
the previous occupant of the White House
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Adjectives
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past (earlier than the present time; no longer current)
Context examples:
A second or later vaccine dose, separated from the first by time, to increase, extend, or maintain the immune response of the previous vaccination.
(Booster, NCI Thesaurus)
The act or an instance of returning from one location or situation to the previous one.
(Callback, NCI Thesaurus)
The rationale for changing the substance administration in relation to the previous substance administration.
(Performed Substance Administration Change Reason, NCI Thesaurus)
They can also use perforin to kill cells in the absence of antibody and killing may occur without previous sensitization.
(Murine Natural Killer Cells, NCI Thesaurus)
FCGR2B contains a cytoplasmic ITIM motif involved in down modulation of previous cell activation by BCR, TCR or another Fc receptor; phosphorylated ITIM binds to PTPN6/SHP-1 SH2 domain.
(IgG Fc Receptor IIB, NCI Thesaurus)
A coded value specifying the modification of the substance administration in relation to the previous substance administration.
(Performed Substance Administration Change Type Code, NCI Thesaurus)
A non-neoplastic trophoblastic disorder characterized by the presence of remnants of intermediate trophoblasts in the uterine cavity from a previous pregnancy.
(Placental Site Nodule or Plaque, NCI Thesaurus)
The thought of the money, as they drew nearer, swallowed up their previous terrors.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
This structure allows BRIDG 3.0 to represent concepts in previous versions of BRIDG such as StudyCells, StudySegments and StudySubjectEncounters.
(Planned Clinical Study Activity, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
A drug that is used with other drugs to treat germ cell testicular cancer that did not respond to previous treatment with other drugs.
(Ifex, NCI Dictionary)
