No. 15,501 in Russian
предыдущее
Previous.
In a sentence
Я перечитал предыдущее письмо, чтобы понять его лучше.
I reread the previous letter to understand it better.
Here, 'предыдущее' is used as an adjective describing the noun 'письмо' (letter), emphasizing that it refers to a letter received or read before another.
На предыдущее собрание я не смог прийти из-за болезни.
I couldn't attend the previous meeting due to illness.
In this sentence, 'предыдущее' also functions as an adjective, modifying 'собрание' (meeting), identifying it as the meeting that occurred before the current or latest one.
Обсудив предыдущее, мы можем перейти к следующему вопросу.
Having discussed the previous matter, we can move on to the next question.
Here, 'предыдущее' is used as a pronoun, implying 'the previous matter' or 'the earlier topic', as the noun it refers to has been omitted yet is understood from context.
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