Foregoing vs Former - What's the difference?
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Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. § 14.
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*: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.
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Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.
An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die.
(chiefly, British, used in combinations) Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).
As adjectives the difference between foregoing and former
is that foregoing is occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence while former is previous.As a verb foregoing
is present participle of lang=en.As a noun former is
someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.foregoing
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Adjective
(-)- we may conclude, from the foregoing reasonings, that, as certain unity is requisite in all productions, it cannot be wanting in history more than in any other;
Synonyms
* precedingAntonyms
* subsequentVerb
(head)former
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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
(-)Synonyms
* (previous) anterior, erstwhile, previous, prior, quondam, ex- * See alsoAntonyms
* latterEtymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- Dave was the former of the company.
- ''The brick arch was built using a wooden former .
- ''Fifth-former
- Sixth-former .