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sometime, erstwhile, preceding, Literary quondam, Archaic
whilom: A previous owner of the house filled in the fish-pond.
2 prior, former, foregoing, above, preceding, Formal antecedent,
anterior, aforementioned, above-mentioned, before-mentioned,
aforesaid, above-named: Please see the previous examples in the
Foreword. 3 premature, untimely, too soon or early: Isn't
putting up Christmas decorations in October being a bit
previous? 4 previous to. previously to, before, prior to,
preceding, anterior to, antecedent to: Previous to the advent
of motor cars, we had traffic jams of horse-drawn vehicles.
previously
adv. before, once, formerly, earlier, at one time, then,
beforehand, heretofore, theretofore, hitherto, thitherto, in the
past, in days gone by, in days of old, in days or time past, in
the old days, some time ago, a while ago, once upon a time,
yesterday, Literary in days of yore, in olden days or times:
The same thing had happened previously when I was in London.
Previously, people lived more relaxed lives - or so we like to
think.
prey n. 1 quarry, kill, game, objective, target: The lioness
singled out her prey from the herd of zebra. 2 victim, target,
objective; dupe, Colloq mark, Slang fall guy, pushover, Brit
mug: A public company with huge cash reserves, United Vector
seemed easy prey for a take-over bid.
--v. 3 prey on or upon. a live off, feed on or upon, eat,
consume, devour, kill, destroy, stalk, pursue, hunt, seize:
These snakes prey mostly upon other snakes. b victimize, go
after, exploit, use, take advantage of, intimidate, bully,
cheat, dupe, swindle, gull, trick, snooker, defraud, outwit,
outsmart, outfox, hoodwink, Literary cozen, Colloq rook,
bamboozle, flimflam: An unscrupulous gang is preying on the
elderly, persuading them to invest in non-existent properties. c
oppress, weigh on or upon, burden, depress, distress, strain,
vex, worry: His wretched condition preyed very much on her
mind.
price n. 1 charge, cost, expense, expenditure, outlay, payment,
amount, figure, fee; quotation, appraisal, value, valuation,
evaluation, worth: The price of this lamp is too high. What is
the price of that box? Can he afford the price of a ticket? The