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- Dictionarypreceding/prɪˈsiːdɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. coming before something in order, position, or time: "the preceding pages"
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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 definition: 1. existing or happening before someone or something: 2. existing or happening before someone or…. Learn more.
You refer to the period of time or the thing immediately before the one that you are talking about as the preceding one.
Some common synonyms of preceding are antecedent, anterior, foregoing, former, previous, and prior. While all these words mean "being before," preceding usually implies being immediately before in time or in place. Where would antecedent be a reasonable alternative to preceding?
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.
Existing or coming immediately before another or others: the preceding year; the preceding page.
Preceding definition: that precedes; previous. See examples of PRECEDING used in a sentence.
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.
You refer to the period of time or the thing immediately before the one that you are talking about as the preceding one.
