how to pronounce former

/ˈfɔː.məɹ/

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former is pronounced in two syllables

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ɔː

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An example use of former in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… a former Top Gear Car of the Year no …”

meaning of former

Former means previous in time.

former frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word former occurs in english on average 169.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics former can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that former can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;