preceding

English

Alternative forms

• præceding (archaic)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

preceding (not comparable)

1. Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.

   On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation.

Antonyms

• succeeding

Translations

foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else

• Dutch: voorgaand (nl)
• Finnish: edeltävä (fi)

• Norwegian (bokmål): foregående, forrige, forutgående
• Norwegian (nynorsk): føregåande, førre, tidlegare

Verb

preceding

1. Present participle of precede.