Former meaning in Hindi

Former is a english word.

Former Meaning in Hindi (हिंदी में मतलब)

  • former = पुराना

    • Usage: In former times cut-throat competition was not so acute.

  • former = पूर्व

    • Usage: The former Vice Chancellor visited the university.

  • former = दो में से पहला

    • Usage: In the phrase `Jack and Jill',Jack is former.

  • former = भूतपूर्व

    • Usage: The former rulers of the state designed certain policies.

  • former = पहला{दो में से}

    • Usage: The former rule applies later.

Former Meaning in Detail

  • former (noun) = the first of two or the first mentioned of two

    Synonyms: former

    • Usage: Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today

  • former (adj) = referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several); I prefer the former version to the latter one"

    Synonyms: former

    • Usage: the novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967

  • former (adj) = belonging to some prior time

    Synonyms: erstwhile, former, old, onetime, one-time, quondam, sometime

    • Usage: erstwhile friend
    • Usage: our former glory
    • Usage: the once capital of the state
    • Usage: her quondam lover

  • former (adj) = (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

    Synonyms: former, late, previous

    • Usage: the former president
    • Usage: our late President is still very active
    • Usage: the previous occupant of the White House

  • former (adj) = belonging to the distant past

    Synonyms: early, former, other

    • Usage: the early inhabitants of Europe
    • Usage: former generations
    • Usage: in other times
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