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adjective ˈfɔːməˈfɔrmər 1attributive Having previously been a particular thing. Example sentencesExamples - When former Russian prime minister Yevgeny Primakov visited Seoul recently, he also noted this new Vietnam connection.
- We'll talk with former vice presidential candidate Jack Kemp about the government's role in maintaining prosperity.
- As former administrative vice finance minister, Lin was the executive secretary of the stabilization fund until Wednesday.
- Mrs Sharp added that former pupils from as far back as 1912 had returned to join in the fun.
- In those states where former dictators won elections, no real reform has taken place.
- We must not return to the days when former Home Secretaries cut police numbers.
- I don't have a problem being critical of players, even former teammates.
- In 1950, it need not have hired former Communist party members.
- As former colonies gained statehood, the practice frequently continued but steadily lost adherents.
- Previous solo albums by former Blur guitarist Graham Coxon were almost the sound of a man apologising for having once been in the charts.
- The former member of her boyfriend's legal team was taken to a police station in the Manchester area and questioned by detectives.
- Much of this area, mostly former French colonies, is sparsely populated.
- The celebration continued with a reception where former colleagues, students and friends shared remembrances.
- In fact, she was a former bankrupt who had previously been charged with insurance fraud.
- Tonight, Larry's guest will be former vice presidential candidate John Edwards.
- The former Minister under the previous Government might have, but I doubt that.
- New Governors are only appointed when former governors pass away.
- Their judgment was based on fresh evidence from a former boyfriend of the alleged victim which showed her evidence was unreliable.
- The former cricket umpire had previously been picked up once every three months by ambulance for check-ups at the hospital.
- One former team-mate was caught and exposed by the tabloids for having an affair.
Synonyms one-time, erstwhile, sometime, late, as was previous, foregoing, preceding, old, earlier, prior, precursory, antecedent, ex-, past, last French ci-devant rare quondam, whilom, anterior, precedent - 1.1 Of or occurring in the past.
the seafarers of former times Example sentencesExamples - She creates a character who is past her prime, still clinging to her former glory but feeling it slip away.
- If we are successful, we can begin to restore this once majestic ancient woodland to its former glory.
- In a nod to the county's former hippy past, the company's head chef is said to have formerly worked for the rock band Grateful Dead.
- The data show no previous information on the former positions held by fifteen cabinet officials.
- It's easy to forget the former blight and decay of this part of Southwark.
- The team that starred at World Cup 02 are a shadow of their former selves and won't be in Germany this summer.
- Not that one swallow makes a summer but there were flashes of former greatness.
- All regret for the past is vain; every desire to revert to a former social stage is unreal.
- Euro RSCG Arks has lost several major accounts and shrunk to a third of its former size in the past two years.
- Only this one remaining pair now choose Ilkley for their summer residence as a reminder of former years.
- I went back day after day to study it more, my former explorations temporarily forgotten.
- We can see the mistakes and crimes of the past, and the seductive delusions of former times have lost their glamour.
- The Spirit of Christmas Past takes Scrooge back to critical moments in his former life.
Synonyms earlier, old, past, bygone, long-ago, forgotten, immemorial, remote ancient, primeval, primordial, prehistoric, antediluvian gone by, long ago, long departed, long gone, long past, of old literary of yore, olden, foregone rare primigenial, pristine
2attributive Denoting the first or first mentioned of two people or things. as noun the powers of the former are more comprehensive than those of the latter Example sentencesExamples - He submits that the landlord must have chosen the former of those two routes.
- I am inclined to think that the evidence points to the former view.
- The most common reading among Marxist activists has been the former.
- I'd tend towards the former view, but I realise that's not usually how the world works.
- The former is a previous winner, while the latter has often come close without winning a cigar.
- At first I thought the former setup was more adaptable but I'm coming round to the idea that the latter has elegance.
- The essence of the former view can be presented as follows.
- Given the choice between withdrawing or dying, he would almost certainly choose the former.
- In the classical view, the former component becomes zero at the endodermis.
- In my view, however, a claim of the former kind is plainly raised, albeit there is also a claim under the express indemnity clause.
- The beauty of the former design was that it kept the past current without effort.
- Psychologist Bob Altemeyer of the University of Manitoba subscribes to the former view.
- While the former long for the past, the latter try to come to terms with their dual identity as Chinese and Americans.
- But the more you celebrate the former, the less likely you are to notice the latter.
- Colin Samson clearly takes the former view of the of the Innu experience.
- The left take precisely the opposite view, condemning the former assault but applauding the latter.
- But, of the two, we tend to prefer the former on morphological grounds.
- Sometimes good, sometimes bad, but more of the latter than the former.
- Aquinas leans in the direction of the former view, but realizes that the latter could in fact be the case.
- If a choice were between law and order kept by private military companies and anarchy, most people would opt for the former.
Usage Traditionally, former and latter are used in relation to pairs of items: either the first of two items (former) or the second of two items (latter). The reason for this is that former and latter were formed as comparatives, and comparatives are correctly used with reference to just two things, while a superlative is used where there are more than two things. So, for example, strictly speaking one should say the longest of the three books but the longer of the two books. In practice, former and latter are now sometimes used just as synonyms for first and last and are routinely used to refer to a contrast involving more than two items. Such uses, however, are not acceptable in good English style Origin Middle English: from Old English forma (see foremost) + -er2. Rhymes dormer, korma, Norma, performer, pro-forma, stormer, transformer, trauma, warmer noun ˈfɔːməˈfɔrmər 1A person or thing that forms something. in combination an opinion-former Example sentencesExamples - Goodhart is an opinion former who is close to the government.
- Such people see getting these things as dependent on changing the ideas of opinion formers rather than mass agitation.
- Care should be taken when recommending cranberry for long-term use in patients who are known urinary oxalate stone formers.
- Could it be that the only sin left in the world today is to offend the sensibilities of liberal opinion formers and legislators?
- To alleviate this problem, small quantities of elements which are stronger carbide formers than chromium, such as titanium or niobium are commonly added.
- Note too that blog readerships are dominated not simply by affluent ABs, but by other significant opinion formers: politicians, academics and broadcasters.
- He was speaking in Dublin at the Bord Bia European Meat Forum, attended by more than 170 beef buyers from major European retail groups, along with international opinion formers and media representatives.
- We are daily assailed by the beguiling double-think of public opinion formers.
- Drunkenness, especially during holiday periods, disfigured the town and aroused the ire of the local opinion formers.
- In order to balance the debate on the nutritional value of milk, the Danish Dairy Board in 1991 initiated a strategy for nutrition communication directed at health opinion formers.
- Another step will be to host familiarisation trips (known in the trade as ‘fam trips’) to bring opinion formers such as journalists to visit the city and by so doing to build a positive image for it.
- Stone formers and non-stone formers had the same risk of skeletal complications.
- Herald Sun surveys show the views of ordinary people are quite different from those of many opinion formers.
- On the average, stone formers produce a new stone every two to three years.
- Certain strong carbide formers, notably niobium, titanium and vanadium, have effects on tempering out of proportion to their concentration.
- Several ferrite formers also function as carbide formers.
- 1.1 A tool, mould, or other device used to form articles or shape materials.
Example sentencesExamples - Wells was using a blunt chisel to push the silver disc back so that it would eventually take the shape of the cup-shaped wooden former.
- Label all Peroxide formers with the exact date in which the container was initially opened.
- Also needed will be gallant troops to go and steal a whole bundle of MX's for the body formers and filler.
- The sheets are drawn over shaped formers to the extent that they deform plastically and assume the required profiles.
- We also installed new case packers, a new check weigher system, robotic palletizers and automatic box formers.
- The surfaces of the formers have different shapes and are used to impart these shapes to the forgings.
- The invention also provides a cover for a void former, which cover may include the spacer region and may be water tolerant, permitting reuse of the void formers with which it is used.
- Future capital expenditures are earmarked for installation of automatic ice cream freezers, case formers and material handling at the Henderson plant.
- 1.2 A transverse strengthening part in an aircraft wing or fuselage.
Example sentencesExamples - The prototype aircraft was powered by a Wright R - 975 Whirlwind of 420-hp and the fuselage was constructed of steel tubing with wood and metal formers and wooden stringers.
- Around the basic tube fuselage, Gordon added wooden stringers and formers to give the unit its desired shape.
- In that configuration, the computerized mechanism will weld the formers and stringers to the three separate fuselage sections laid out on jigs under the moving gantry.
- 1.3 A frame or core around which an electrical coil can be wound.
2British in combination A person in a particular school year.
adjectiveˈfɔrmərˈfôrmər 1Having previously filled a particular role or been a particular thing. Example sentencesExamples - Previous solo albums by former Blur guitarist Graham Coxon were almost the sound of a man apologising for having once been in the charts.
- The former Minister under the previous Government might have, but I doubt that.
- We'll talk with former vice presidential candidate Jack Kemp about the government's role in maintaining prosperity.
- The former cricket umpire had previously been picked up once every three months by ambulance for check-ups at the hospital.
- As former colonies gained statehood, the practice frequently continued but steadily lost adherents.
- Much of this area, mostly former French colonies, is sparsely populated.
- Tonight, Larry's guest will be former vice presidential candidate John Edwards.
- As former administrative vice finance minister, Lin was the executive secretary of the stabilization fund until Wednesday.
- New Governors are only appointed when former governors pass away.
- Their judgment was based on fresh evidence from a former boyfriend of the alleged victim which showed her evidence was unreliable.
- The former member of her boyfriend's legal team was taken to a police station in the Manchester area and questioned by detectives.
- We must not return to the days when former Home Secretaries cut police numbers.
- When former Russian prime minister Yevgeny Primakov visited Seoul recently, he also noted this new Vietnam connection.
- In 1950, it need not have hired former Communist party members.
- In fact, she was a former bankrupt who had previously been charged with insurance fraud.
- One former team-mate was caught and exposed by the tabloids for having an affair.
- In those states where former dictators won elections, no real reform has taken place.
- I don't have a problem being critical of players, even former teammates.
- Mrs Sharp added that former pupils from as far back as 1912 had returned to join in the fun.
- The celebration continued with a reception where former colleagues, students and friends shared remembrances.
Synonyms one-time, erstwhile, sometime, late, as was - 1.1 Of or occurring in the past or an earlier period.
Example sentencesExamples - The Spirit of Christmas Past takes Scrooge back to critical moments in his former life.
- We can see the mistakes and crimes of the past, and the seductive delusions of former times have lost their glamour.
- I went back day after day to study it more, my former explorations temporarily forgotten.
- Not that one swallow makes a summer but there were flashes of former greatness.
- It's easy to forget the former blight and decay of this part of Southwark.
- Euro RSCG Arks has lost several major accounts and shrunk to a third of its former size in the past two years.
- All regret for the past is vain; every desire to revert to a former social stage is unreal.
- Only this one remaining pair now choose Ilkley for their summer residence as a reminder of former years.
- In a nod to the county's former hippy past, the company's head chef is said to have formerly worked for the rock band Grateful Dead.
- She creates a character who is past her prime, still clinging to her former glory but feeling it slip away.
- The team that starred at World Cup 02 are a shadow of their former selves and won't be in Germany this summer.
- If we are successful, we can begin to restore this once majestic ancient woodland to its former glory.
- The data show no previous information on the former positions held by fifteen cabinet officials.
Synonyms earlier, old, past, bygone, long-ago, forgotten, immemorial, remote
2the formerDenoting the first or first mentioned of two people or things. as noun the powers of the former are more comprehensive than those of the latter those who take the former view Example sentencesExamples - I am inclined to think that the evidence points to the former view.
- Sometimes good, sometimes bad, but more of the latter than the former.
- Given the choice between withdrawing or dying, he would almost certainly choose the former.
- Aquinas leans in the direction of the former view, but realizes that the latter could in fact be the case.
- I'd tend towards the former view, but I realise that's not usually how the world works.
- If a choice were between law and order kept by private military companies and anarchy, most people would opt for the former.
- At first I thought the former setup was more adaptable but I'm coming round to the idea that the latter has elegance.
- The essence of the former view can be presented as follows.
- While the former long for the past, the latter try to come to terms with their dual identity as Chinese and Americans.
- But the more you celebrate the former, the less likely you are to notice the latter.
- The beauty of the former design was that it kept the past current without effort.
- The most common reading among Marxist activists has been the former.
- The former is a previous winner, while the latter has often come close without winning a cigar.
- He submits that the landlord must have chosen the former of those two routes.
- But, of the two, we tend to prefer the former on morphological grounds.
- The left take precisely the opposite view, condemning the former assault but applauding the latter.
- Psychologist Bob Altemeyer of the University of Manitoba subscribes to the former view.
- In my view, however, a claim of the former kind is plainly raised, albeit there is also a claim under the express indemnity clause.
- In the classical view, the former component becomes zero at the endodermis.
- Colin Samson clearly takes the former view of the of the Innu experience.
Usage Traditionally, former and latter are used in relation to pairs of items: either the first of two items (former) or the second of two items (latter). The reason for this is that former and latter were formed as comparatives, and comparatives are correctly used with reference to just two things, while a superlative is used where there are more than two things. (So, for example, strictly speaking one should say the longest of the three books but the longer of the two books.) In practice, former and latter are now sometimes used just as synonyms for first and last and are routinely used to refer to a contrast involving more than two items. Such uses, however, are not acceptable in good English style. Therefore, if you're referring to winter, spring, and summer, for example, it would be correct to say I find the last most enjoyable, not I find the latter most enjoyable Origin Middle English: from Old English forma (see foremost) + -er. nounˈfôrmərˈfɔrmər 1A person or thing that forms something. in combination an opinion-former Example sentencesExamples - Another step will be to host familiarisation trips (known in the trade as ‘fam trips’) to bring opinion formers such as journalists to visit the city and by so doing to build a positive image for it.
- We are daily assailed by the beguiling double-think of public opinion formers.
- Stone formers and non-stone formers had the same risk of skeletal complications.
- On the average, stone formers produce a new stone every two to three years.
- Certain strong carbide formers, notably niobium, titanium and vanadium, have effects on tempering out of proportion to their concentration.
- Such people see getting these things as dependent on changing the ideas of opinion formers rather than mass agitation.
- To alleviate this problem, small quantities of elements which are stronger carbide formers than chromium, such as titanium or niobium are commonly added.
- Herald Sun surveys show the views of ordinary people are quite different from those of many opinion formers.
- In order to balance the debate on the nutritional value of milk, the Danish Dairy Board in 1991 initiated a strategy for nutrition communication directed at health opinion formers.
- Drunkenness, especially during holiday periods, disfigured the town and aroused the ire of the local opinion formers.
- He was speaking in Dublin at the Bord Bia European Meat Forum, attended by more than 170 beef buyers from major European retail groups, along with international opinion formers and media representatives.
- Goodhart is an opinion former who is close to the government.
- Care should be taken when recommending cranberry for long-term use in patients who are known urinary oxalate stone formers.
- Note too that blog readerships are dominated not simply by affluent ABs, but by other significant opinion formers: politicians, academics and broadcasters.
- Could it be that the only sin left in the world today is to offend the sensibilities of liberal opinion formers and legislators?
- Several ferrite formers also function as carbide formers.
- 1.1 A transverse strengthening part in an aircraft wing or fuselage.
Example sentencesExamples - The prototype aircraft was powered by a Wright R - 975 Whirlwind of 420-hp and the fuselage was constructed of steel tubing with wood and metal formers and wooden stringers.
- In that configuration, the computerized mechanism will weld the formers and stringers to the three separate fuselage sections laid out on jigs under the moving gantry.
- Around the basic tube fuselage, Gordon added wooden stringers and formers to give the unit its desired shape.
2British in combination A person in a particular school year.
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