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Preceding

//pɹɪˈsiːdɪŋ// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective

1
Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence. not-comparable
"On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation."

Adjective

1
existing or coming before wordnet
2
of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office wordnet

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of precede form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English precedyng, precedenge, present participle of Middle English preceden (“to precede”), equivalent to precede + -ing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English precedyng, precedenge, present participle of Middle English preceden (“to precede”), equivalent to precede + -ing.

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