English-Estonian translations for former

• endine
  Tänane Venemaa ei ole endine Nõukogude Liit. Today's Russia is not the former Soviet Union.
  Lisaks on Tšaad Prantsusmaa endine asumaa. In addition, Chad is a former colony of France.
  Endine riigi vabastaja on nüüd selle piinaja. A former liberator of the country, he is now its torturer.
• kunagine
  Tuumarelvastumise kunagine tõrjuv mõju ei ole seega enam päevakorral. The former deterrent effect of nuclear armament is thus out of the picture.
  Samuti tahaksin ma meie kõigi nimel öelda: tere tulemast koju, Enrique Barón Crespo, Euroopa Parlamendi kunagine president! I should also like to say on behalf of all of us: welcome home, Enrique Barón Crespo, former President of the European Parliament.
  Õigusakti rakendamisel taastatakse kunagine olukord ja ungarlased saavad kasutada jälle ungarikeelseid kohanimesid. Thus, if the law is implemented, the former status quo may be restored, and Hungarians will be able to use Hungarian place names once again.
• varasem
  Nagu varasem arutelu näitas, jõuab ELi tasandil tehtav töö nüüd, mil Lissaboni leping on jõustunud, uude etappi. As the former debate showed, now that we have the Lisbon Treaty, work at EU level now enters into a new phase.
  Varasem praktika, nagu näiteks embargo ravimitele ja teistele olulistele artiklitele kahjustab elanikkonda, eriti lapsi. Former practices, such as embargoes on medicines and other essentials, affect the population indiscriminately, especially children.
  Praegustes või varasemates konfliktipiirkondades, nagu Gruusia, Kosovo, Palestiina, Afganistan või Pakistan, soovime saavutada olukorra paranemist inimeste jaoks ja rahumeelset ning humaanset arengut. In current or former conflict zones such as Georgia, Kosovo, Palestine, Afghanistan or Pakistan, we want to achieve improvements for people, and peaceful and humane development.

Definition of former

• Previous
• First of aforementioned two items. Used with , often without a noun
• Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder
• An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die
• Someone in, or of, a certain form (class

Examples

• A former president; the former East Germany
• The former is a good idea but the latter is not
• I drive two vehicles, a Chevy Camaro and an AMC Gremlin. I won the former on a game show
• Dave was the former of the company.
• The brick arch was built using a wooden former.
• Fifth-former.
• Sixth-former.

Related words

• informer
• transformer
• formerly
• reformer
• performer
• conformer
• autotransformer
• disinformer
• formeret