Former Meaning. Either the first of two items former or the second of two items latter. Definition of the former.
Before the present time or in the past. An example of former is a person who was once a policeman but is now retired. Of or in an earlier time.
Coming before in time She now appears like her former self.
An example of former is a person who was once a policeman but is now retired. The adjective former indicates the first object of a sequence that precedes the present order. During a former stage in the proceedings. Happening or existing before but not now present previous the former Soviet Union Their farm has been reduced to half its former size.
