preceding
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- præceding (archaic)
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English precedyng, precedenge, present participle of Middle English preceden (“to precede”), equivalent to precede + -ing.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
preceding (not comparable)
- Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
- On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation.
SynonymsEdit
- See also Thesaurus:former
AntonymsEdit
- succeeding, see also Thesaurus:subsequent
TranslationsEdit
foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
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VerbEdit
preceding