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former meaning

EN[ˈfɔɹmɚ]
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WFormer
  • A former is a structural member of an aircraft fuselage, The Former-and-Longeron technique was adopted from boat construction (also called stations and stringers), They are also found in the cores of potentiometers in which the resistive material is wrapped round.
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  • NounPLformersPREfor-SUF-mer
    1. Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.
      1. Dave was the former of the company.
    2. An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die.
      1. The brick arch was built using a wooden former.
    3. (chiefly Britain, used in combinations) Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).
      1. Fifth-former
      2. Sixth-former.
  • Adjective
    1. Previous.
      1. A former president;  the former East Germany ‎
    2. First of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun.
      1. The former is a good idea but the latter is not. ‎
  • More Examples
    1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
      • Alex (not on) Song as ITV pundit in Berlin -- West Ham's former Barcelona player endured a tough evening in ITV's Champions League final studio. [1]
      • He was lured back by Libell Geddes, owner of the The Fifth supperclub/grill, to replace former GM Christian Huot, who is following his new bride to Miami.
      • Asturia's former margraviate Castilia became a realm itself, annexed all Asturia in 1037 and turned it into a titular principality as Castilia's (and later Spain's) royal primogeniture in 1388
    2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
      • A form of these lissoneoids somewhat resemble the trochoidal forms, the latter being more hollow than the former.

Meaning of former for the defined word.

Grammatically, this word "former" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Adjectives
      • Uncomparable adjectives
      • Nouns
        • Countable nouns
      Difficultness: Level 1
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