English-Lithuanian translations for former

• ankstesnis
  Tokiu būdu tapo panaikintas ankstesnis atgrasymo poveikis, kurį sukeldavo branduolinis ginklavimasis. The former deterrent effect of nuclear armament is thus out of the picture.
  Į ją žvelgiu skirtingai nei ankstesnis priešiškai Europos atžvilgiu nusiteikęs kalbėtojas. I approach it not like the former speaker from an anti-European perspective.
  Noriu pabrėžti, kad ankstesnis pranešėjas Zoran Thaler puikiai atliko savo darbą. I want to emphasise that the former rapporteur, Zoran Thaler, did an excellent job.

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