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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 means existing or happening before someone or something. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences and see synonyms and related words.
Going or coming before; former.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
Synonyms for PRECEDING: previous, prior, earliest, early, precedent, foregoing, initial, former; Antonyms of PRECEDING: subsequent, following, later, ensuing, after ...
- Some common synonyms of preceding are antecedent, anterior, foregoing, former, previous, and prior. While all these words mean "being before," prec...
- While in some cases nearly identical to preceding, antecedent applies to order in time and may suggest a causal relation. // conditions antecedent...
- The meanings of anterior and preceding largely overlap; however, anterior applies to position before or ahead of usually in space, sometimes in tim...
- While the synonyms foregoing and preceding are close in meaning, foregoing applies chiefly to statements. // the foregoing remarks
- In some situations, the words former and preceding are roughly equivalent. However, former implies always a definite comparison or contrast with so...
- Both previous and prior imply existing or occurring earlier, but prior often adds an implication of greater importance. // a child from a previous...
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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.
Preceding means existing or coming before another or others. See the usage of preceding in different contexts, such as time, order, position, and text, with synonyms and translations.
Definition of preceding adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
