The former is the past? We will devote some time and place to the clarification of this issue. Of course, let us take a little nostalgia about the past. But in general, all this should not be very sad. In addition, sadness is sometimes painted in bright colors, so do not be discouraged.
Value and Suggestions
There are three points of view on the problem. Freud claimed that man lives in the past, Sartre relied on the present in this matter, and Heidegger relied on the future. Who is right? Little by little everything is right, because the human consciousness lives in three dimensions at once. By the way, this is how William Faulkner’s novel is built. At least smart people say that. In general, reading it is quite difficult, but interesting.
Our task is simpler, we only need to understand what it is, the former. It’s also interesting what kind of relationship he has with synonyms. We ask our main expert - an explanatory dictionary:
- Former, past.
- Like it was before.
- Preceding, being before something.
The word is curious. By the fact that it even intonationally tunes in some kind of melancholic and poetic mood. Let's keep the mood and make suggestions:
- And where is your this, the former, Alexei, it seems? And now he has become a former, of course.
- Employees did not love their former boss, but only until they appointed a new one. The Greek philosopher Heraclitus was right; everything is known by comparison.
- Old people dream, reflect on the old days when they were young. Yes, in youth a person has a future. For experienced people, the meaning of the word “former” is fanned by a unique nostalgic aroma.
Synonyms
In the final, when almost all the tasks have been solved, you need to finish, of course, with synonyms. So let's do it, turn to the word replacements:
- former;
- past;
- last;
- old;
- previous;
- the former.
Only the most beautiful and worthy were on the list. And yes, the former is all the words on the list, as well as the phenomena behind them. Depending on the purpose, the reader can take any word and insert it into his sentence, it is only necessary to ensure that there is no stylistic disagreement.