former の英語での意味
formerformer1 /ˈfɔːmə $ ˈfɔːrmər/ adjective [only before noun] 
すべての翻訳を見る1happening or existing before, but not now以前に起きたまたは存在したが、今はそうでない: 
the former Soviet Union旧ソビエト連邦 Their farm has been reduced to half its former size.彼らの農場はかつての規模の半分に縮小された。► see thesaurus at last2having a particular position in the past過去に特定の地位にあった SYN ex-: my former husband私の元夫 former President Clintonクリントン元大統領3in former times/years in the pastかつて4somebody/something’s former self what someone or something was like before they were changed by age, illness, trouble etc年齢・病気・苦難などによって変わる前の、人や物の姿: She seems more like her former self.彼女はかつての自分に戻ってきたようだ。be a shadow/ghost of your former self (=be much less confident, healthy, energetic etc than you used to be)（＝かつてと比べて、自信・健康・活力などがはるかに低下している） The team’s a shadow of its former self.そのチームはかつての面影もない。
すべての翻訳を見る1happening or existing before, but not now以前に起きたまたは存在したが、今はそうでない: the former Soviet Union旧ソビエト連邦 Their farm has been reduced to half its former size.彼らの農場はかつての規模の半分に縮小された。► see thesaurus at last2having a particular position in the past過去に特定の地位にあった SYN ex-: my former husband私の元夫 former President Clintonクリントン元大統領3in former times/years in the pastかつて4somebody/something’s former self what someone or something was like before they were changed by age, illness, trouble etc年齢・病気・苦難などによって変わる前の、人や物の姿: She seems more like her former self.彼女はかつての自分に戻ってきたようだ。be a shadow/ghost of your former self (=be much less confident, healthy, energetic etc than you used to be)（＝かつてと比べて、自信・健康・活力などがはるかに低下している） The team’s a shadow of its former self.そのチームはかつての面影もない。formerformer2 noun 1the former formalフォーマル the first of two people or things that you have just mentioned直前に述べた二人または二つのもののうちの前者 OPP the latter: Of the two possibilities, the former seems more likely.二つの可能性のうち、前者の方がより可能性が高いように思われる。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 school一部の学校で、在学年数に基づいて生徒が在籍するクラスを示すために用いられる
1the former formalフォーマル the first of two people or things that you have just mentioned直前に述べた二人または二つのもののうちの前者 OPP the latter: Of the two possibilities, the former seems more likely.二つの可能性のうち、前者の方がより可能性が高いように思われる。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 school一部の学校で、在学年数に基づいて生徒が在籍するクラスを示すために用いられる