Former Pronunciation, Meaning, Synonyms & phonetic transcription

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Former Pronunciation

Pronounce Former as F OW R M EH R.

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    Former phonetic transcription:

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    • Traditional IPA representation of former: /foʊrmɛr/
    • Modern IPA representation of former: /fɒrmɛr/

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    List of meaning for former

    previous; prior

    former(adj)

    the first of two or the first mentioned of two

    "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today"

    former(a)(adj)

    referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)

    "the novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967; I prefer the former version to the latter one"

    erstwhile(a), former(a), old, onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)(adj)

    belonging to some prior time

    "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"

    former(a), late(a), previous(a)(adj)

    (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

    "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House"

    early(a), former(a), other(a)(adj)

    belonging to the distant past

    "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times"

    having been such at some previous time

    the coach is a former professional baseball player

    going before another in time or order

    the former manual had some errors, but the current version has its own problems

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    former in sentence

    1. Throwing the contract in the trash, the former client decided that he wouldn’t sign another lengthy agreement.

    2. Because of a brain injury to his frontal lobe, the former pastor suffers from mutism and is no longer able to give his sermons.

    3. A severance payment was made to the former employee one month after she left the organization.

    4. When the former mayor passed away, many dignitaries and celebrities attended the funeral to show their respects.

    5. A statue of the beloved former president is being placed in the city park.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term former

    As a former military officer, you simply cannot take money from Russia, Turkey or anybody else. And it appears as if he did take that money. It was inappropriate. And there are repercussions for the violation of law.

    Jason Chaffetz

    Is there an irony here because he spoke incessantly about the income gap and is now earning from those same people he criticized? Yes it is, should we expect it? Yes, we should because all former presidents do this. He went on the attack against Wall Street and now he’s being fed by those same people he called ‘fat cats’. It’s more hypocritical than ironic.

    Hank Sheinkopf

    Unfortunately, the deal with Airbus has been negotiated and preliminarily signed by the former government, so we have little room for manoeuvre, because if we break off the negotiations we would risk ... paying damages.

    Defence Minister Bartosz Kownacki

    I am confident former White House Director and current Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Dan Coats, Ambassador Nikki Haley, FBI Director Chris Wray, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and others will be able to communicate to The President it is possible to conclude Russia interfered with The United States election in 2016 without delegitimizing his electoral success.

    Trey Gowdy

    [ Rubio kicks off Marco Rubio national book tour today with an appearance in West Des Moines Iowa. Other stops include South Carolina, Nevada and New Hampshire. ] Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry wraps up New Hampshire trip - Dallas Morning News :.

    Rick Perry

    There is a clear agenda on the part of these companies to undo 30 years of customer choice, re-establish their former monopolies and make it very difficult for other players to compete.

    Vittorio Colao

    Marco Rubio’s standout performance … seems to have paid dividends in a contest that was supposed to be dominated by his former mentor Jeb Bush.

    Patrick Murray

    The committee looks forward to receiving testimony from the former director on his role in the development of the intelligence community assessment on Russian interference in the 2016 US elections, and I am hopeful that he will clarify for the American people recent events that have been broadly reported in the media.

    Richard Burr

    John. as a former staffer myself, this must be a really depressing job. Ideally, young people go to work in Congress because they want to make a difference.

    Colleague Jim Swift

    So there will be a new Slavic former model, first lady.

    Teresa Strasser

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