No. 448 in Catalan
anterior
Previous; earlier; prior.
In a sentence
El dia anterior, vam visitar el museu.
The previous day, we visited the museum.
In this sentence, 'anterior' is used as an adjective to describe the noun 'dia,' indicating something that occurred before or previously.
En la pàgina anterior del llibre, hi ha la resposta.
On the previous page of the book, there is the answer.
Here, 'anterior' is an adjective modifying 'pàgina,' denoting the page that comes earlier in sequence within the book.
Aquest és un error similar a l'anterior.
This is an error similar to the previous one.
In this example, 'anterior' is used as a substantive adjective, referring to something mentioned before, specifically the previous error.
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