The essential points of my argument have been expressed in the preceding pages.
Source: tatoeba (19987)
Preceding
//pɹɪˈsiːdɪŋ//
Synonyms for "preceding" (96 found)
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3 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
Translations
27 translations across 16 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- папярэ́дні adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)
Bengali
1 entries- 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
1 entries- voorgaand adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)
Finnish
1 entries- 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
1 entries- precedente adj (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else)
Latin
1 entries- 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.
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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