Collocations for "previously"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "previously" in context.
WordReference English Collocations © 2026previously
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adv- previously [published, reported, sighted, declared, mentioned]
- previously [described, known, submitted] as
- a previously [undiscovered, unseen] manuscript
- a previously published [story, report, article, blog]
- previously published [by, under, as, in]
- a previously used [car, laptop, pushchair]
- the previously mentioned [point, person, rule, actress]
- had not been previously [checked, examined, approved]
- had previously agreed [to, on, about]
- the [term, planet, substance] was previously unknown
- previously, he [had been, was working, lived]
- as previously seen on the [show, program, TV]
'previously' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
''this'' is only correct when it refers to a noun appearing previously - English Only forum
'Before' & 'Earlier' instead of 'previously' - English Only forum
7% of the market for all US sales of previously owned homes - English Only forum
a factor in four times as many accidents than previously - English Only forum
a moment earlier (instead of previously) in reported speech - English Only forum
A very scarce rodent, previously believed to be extinct,…[Commas] - English Only forum
Ago versus earlier or previously, revisited. - English Only forum
Albeit costly previously - English Only forum
are more prominent than <was> previously appreciated - English Only forum
as previously he had been tactically defeated - English Only forum
As previously, as in the past, as always.... - English Only forum
Before that/Previously/Former - English Only forum
Before/earlier/previously - English Only forum
Before/earlier/previously - English Only forum
catching previously Fetched Content? - English Only forum
change of - previously asserted on- decision vs. previously asserted decision - English Only forum
country 'previously mentioned' - English Only forum
Cover letter: "I'm doing x and have/had previously done y." - English Only forum
differences between 'previously' and 'in the past' - English Only forum
documents leaked to The Sun meanwhile previously appeared to confirm… - English Only forum
earlier than previously thought... [ellipsis] - English Only forum
entities not previously having received this - English Only forum
explosion is (of) a type previously unknown - English Only forum
figures, landscapes, events which had not previously been utilised either at all - English Only forum
follow my schedule, as previously arranged - English Only forum
forcing current experiences into previously formed categories - English Only forum
formerly/previously? - English Only forum
four months previously /earlier/before - English Only forum
Fyodor Pavlovitch, by the way, had for some time previously not been living in our town. - English Only forum
Grammar: as previously mentioned/as it was previously mentioned - English Only forum
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