Preceding

//pɹɪˈsiːdɪŋ//

Synonyms for "preceding" (96 found)

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Related word relations

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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derived

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similar

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Translations

27 translations across 16 languages.

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Belarusian

1 entries
  • папярэ́дні adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)

Bengali

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  • সাবেক adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • преди́шен adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)
  • предхо́ждащ adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 先于 adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)

Dutch

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  • voorgaand adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)

Finnish

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  • edeltävä adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)

German

3 entries
  • führend adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)
  • vorausgehend adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)
  • vorherig adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)

Hindi

1 entries
  • पूर्ववर्ती adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)

Italian

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  • precedente adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)

Latin

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  • prior adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • foregående adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)
  • forrige adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)
  • forutgående adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • føregåande adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)
  • førre adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)
  • tidlegare adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)

Polish

1 entries
  • poprzedzający adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)

Russian

2 entries
  • предше́ствующий adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)
  • предыду́щий adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • попере́дній adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • nãy adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)
  • trước đây adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)
  • vừa nãy adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)
  • vừa rồi adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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

Source: tatoeba (19987)

The index rose 4% from the preceding month.

Source: tatoeba (246265)

The index advanced to 120.5, up 4% from the preceding month.

Source: tatoeba (246266)

The third quarter GNP growth was 1% over the preceding quarter.

Source: tatoeba (276020)

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