adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

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

Adjective

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

previousaboveforegoingformerprecedentabove mentioned

Antonyms

All antonyms

followingsubsequentsucceeding

Example

More examples

"The essential points of my argument have been expressed in the preceding pages."

Etymology

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

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