previous summer

collocation in English

meaningsofpreviousandsummer

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previous
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈpriː.vi.əs/us
/ˈpriː.vi.əs/
happening or existing before something or ...
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summer
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈsʌm.ər/us
/ˈsʌm.ɚ/
the season of the year between spring and autumn when the weather is warmest, lasting from June to September north of the equator and from December to March south of ...
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(Definition ofpreviousandsummerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprevious summer

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Their distribution and abundance in relation to soil moisture during the previous winter and adult distribution theprevioussummerwas examined.
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These animals have been fed hay cut from the meadows theprevioussummer.
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During winter 2001, we paid a number of visits to the cultural association's after-school programs, as a follow-up to a study conducted during theprevioussummer.
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In theprevioussummer, we had the problem of very poor weather and poor quality fruit produced at home.
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I am advised that it was not connected with the epidemic that occurred there theprevioussummer.
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Having experienced severe difficulties theprevioussummer, pressure was brought to bear and the authorities agreed to the school's use of a vacant classroom in the adjoining junior school.
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You can put snails that hatched theprevioussummerin a chilled room for hibernation over winter.
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Four days later, she completed overhaul and got underway for the first time since early in theprevioussummer.
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Contact with former agency officials began theprevioussummer.
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In temperate regions, dreys become much more visible in the autumn, when leaf-fall reveals new nests built theprevioussummeror in early fall.
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At the census of 1870, the population was 3,915, less than a third of what it had been estimated at theprevioussummer.
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Both captain and first officer were operating their first operational flight since theprevioussummer.
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These had been upturned by an earthquake theprevioussummer.
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Forest's fortunes took a downturn largely caused by a mass exodus of players during theprevioussummer.
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She then proceeds to go to the garden lodge and plays a piece of opera that she played with the tenor theprevioussummer.
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He had visited the city theprevioussummerand was interested in moving there to become a writer in exile.
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A series of flashbacks reveals that she called the police to a house party during theprevioussummer.
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The venue was a successful attraction theprevioussummerand had been improved with new decorations and alterations.
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The eggs hatch in the spring, after being laid in theprevioussummeror autumn.
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The games were mainly played during winter, in direct contrast to theprevioussummerleague.
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