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PRECEDING definition: 1. existing or happening before someone or something: 2. existing or happening before someone or…. Learn more.
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PRECEDING meaning: 1. existing or happening before someone...
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preceding definicja: 1. existing or happening before someone...
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preceding: [adjective] existing, coming, or occurring immediately before in time or place.
Going or coming before; former.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
preceding: 1 adj existing or coming before Synonyms: antecedent preceding in time or order above appearing earlier in the same text above-mentioned , above-named mentioned or named earlier in the same text foregoing especially of writing or speech; going before introductory , prefatorial , prefatory serving as an introduction or preface ...
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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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.
