Significado de former en inglés
formerformer1 /ˈfɔːmə $ ˈfɔːrmər/ adjective [only before noun] 
Ver todas las traducciones1happening or existing before, but not nowque ocurrió o existió antes, pero ya no: 
the former Soviet Unionla antigua Unión Soviética Their farm has been reduced to half its former size.Su granja se ha reducido a la mitad de su tamaño anterior.► see thesaurus at last2having a particular position in the pastque ocupó un determinado cargo en el pasado SYN ex-: my former husbandmi exmarido former President Clintonel expresidente Clinton3in former times/years in the pasten el pasado4somebody/something’s former self what someone or something was like before they were changed by age, illness, trouble etccómo era alguien o algo antes de ser modificado por la edad, la enfermedad, los problemas, etc.: She seems more like her former self.Parece más como era antes.be a shadow/ghost of your former self (=be much less confident, healthy, energetic etc than you used to be)(= estar mucho menos seguro, sano, enérgico, etc. que antes) The team’s a shadow of its former self.El equipo es una sombra de lo que era.
Ver todas las traducciones1happening or existing before, but not nowque ocurrió o existió antes, pero ya no: the former Soviet Unionla antigua Unión Soviética Their farm has been reduced to half its former size.Su granja se ha reducido a la mitad de su tamaño anterior.► see thesaurus at last2having a particular position in the pastque ocupó un determinado cargo en el pasado SYN ex-: my former husbandmi exmarido former President Clintonel expresidente Clinton3in former times/years in the pasten el pasado4somebody/something’s former self what someone or something was like before they were changed by age, illness, trouble etccómo era alguien o algo antes de ser modificado por la edad, la enfermedad, los problemas, etc.: She seems more like her former self.Parece más como era antes.be a shadow/ghost of your former self (=be much less confident, healthy, energetic etc than you used to be)(= estar mucho menos seguro, sano, enérgico, etc. que antes) The team’s a shadow of its former self.El equipo es una sombra de lo que era.formerformer2 noun 1the former formalformal the first of two people or things that you have just mentionedel primero de dos personas o cosas que se acaban de mencionar OPP the latter: Of the two possibilities, the former seems more likely.De las dos posibilidades, la primera parece más probable.2first/second/sixth etc former British English used in some schools to show which class a student is in, according to how many years they have been in schoolusado en algunas escuelas para indicar el curso en que se encuentra un alumno según los años que lleva en el colegio
1the former formalformal the first of two people or things that you have just mentionedel primero de dos personas o cosas que se acaban de mencionar OPP the latter: Of the two possibilities, the former seems more likely.De las dos posibilidades, la primera parece más probable.2first/second/sixth etc former British English used in some schools to show which class a student is in, according to how many years they have been in schoolusado en algunas escuelas para indicar el curso en que se encuentra un alumno según los años que lleva en el colegio