The former is the past? We will dedicate some time and place to clarifying this issue. Of course, let's take a little nostalgia for the past to help. But in general, all this should not be too sad. In addition, sadness is sometimes painted in bright colors, so do not be discouraged.
Meaning and sentences
There are three points of view on the problem. Freud argued that a person lives in the past, Sartre relied on the present in this matter, and Heidegger on the future. Who is right? A little bit of everything is right, because the human consciousness lives in three dimensions at once. By the way, this is how William Faulkner's novel is built. At least that's what smart people say. In general, it is rather difficult to read, but interesting.
Our task is simpler, we only need to understand what it is, the former. And it's also interesting what kind of relationship he has with synonyms. Let's ask our main expert - explanatory dictionary:
- Formerly, past.
- Same as before.
- Before, before anything.
The word is curious. The fact that it is even intonationtunes in some melancholy-poetic way. Let's keep the mood and make sentences:
- Where is your old Alexey, I think? Ah, now he's an ex, I see.
- Employees did not like their former boss, but only until a new one was appointed. The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus was right, everything is known in comparison.
- Old people dream, think about the old days when they were young. Yes, young people have a future. For experienced people, the meaning of the word "former" is fanned with a unique nostalgic flavor.
Synonyms
In the final, when almost all the tasks have already been solved, you need to finish, of course, with synonyms. So let's do it, let's turn to the replacements of the word:
- former;
- past;
- past;
- old;
- previous;
- former.
Only the most beautiful and worthy were included in the list. And yes, the former is all the words in the list, as well as the phenomena behind them. Depending on the purpose, the reader can take any word and insert it into his sentence, you only need to make sure that there is no stylistic inconsistency.
