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former | f |

As an adjective former

is previous.

As a noun former

is someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.

As a letter f is

the sixth letter of the.

As a symbol f is

(label) symbol for fluorine.

former

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) former, comparative of . Parallel to (m) (via Latin), as comparative form from same Proto-Indo-European root. Related to (m) and (m) (thence (m)), from Proto-Germanic.

Adjective

(-)
  • Previous.
  • :
  • *
  • *: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.
  • (senseid) First of aforementioned two items. Used with the , often without a noun.
  • :
    • Synonyms
    * (previous) anterior, erstwhile, previous, prior, quondam, ex- * See also
    Antonyms
    * latter

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.
    • Dave was the former of the company.
  • An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die.
    • ''The brick arch was built using a wooden former .
  • (chiefly, British, used in combinations) Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).
    • ''Fifth-former
    Sixth-former .
    Derived terms
    * pan former

    Statistics

    *

    Anagrams

    * reform ----

    f

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=e, next=g, image= (wikipedia f)

    Letter

  • The sixth letter of the .

    • See also

    (Latn-script)

    Symbol

    (Voiceless labiodental fricative) (head)
  • forte
  • voiceless labiodental fricative

    • See also

    {{Letter , page=F , NATO=Foxtrot , Morse=··–· , Character=F6 , Braille=? }} Image:Latin F.png, Capital and lowercase versions of F , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter F.png, Uppercase and lowercase F in Fraktur Musical symbols ----