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- Dictionarypreceding/prɪˈsiːdɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. coming before something in order, position, or time: "the preceding pages"
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existing or happening before someone or something: The paintings are a development of ideas she explored in the preceding decade. In conclusion, I hope the preceding arguments have convinced you of the need for action. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Before, after and already. afore.
The meaning of PRECEDING is existing, coming, or occurring immediately before in time or place. How to use preceding in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Preceding.
Preceding means coming before. A close synonym is previous. As an adjective, preceding is always used before a noun, as in the preceding chapter. Preceding can also be used as the continuous tense (- ing form) of the verb precede, which means to come before.
to be or go before something or someone in time or space: Kofi Annan preceded Ban Ki-moon as the Secretary-General of the UN. It would be helpful if you were to precede the report with an introduction. Synonym. preface formal. Opposites. follow (HAPPEN) succeed (FOLLOW) Fewer examples.
Define preceding. preceding synonyms, preceding pronunciation, preceding translation, English dictionary definition of preceding. adj. 1. Existing or coming before another or others: in preceding years; on a preceding page.
You refer to the period of time or the thing immediately before the one that you are talking about as the preceding one.
Something is preceding if it comes directly before. The preceding sentence is not so much a definition of the word preceding as a description of it. To cede is to give way, so when you use preceding to describe, say, a person, you’re essentially describing him as the one that just gave way.
Definition of preceding adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Preceding definition: Existing or coming before another or others in time, place, or sequence; previous.
Synonyms for PRECEDING: previous, prior, earliest, early, precedent, foregoing, initial, former; Antonyms of PRECEDING: subsequent, following, later, ensuing, after, succeeding, posterior, last.
