preceding adj

1 existing or coming before [syn: preceding(a)] [ant: succeeding(a)]

2 preceding in time or order [syn: antecedent] [ant: subsequent]

3 of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board" [syn: past(a), preceding(a), retiring(a)]

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

Synonyms

• foregoing

Translations

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

Verb

preceding

1. present participle of precede

above, advanced, aforegoing, aforementioned, ante, antecedence, antecedency, antecedent, anteposition, anterior, anteriority, anticipatory, avant-garde, chief, ci-devant, dominion, earlier, early, elder, ere, erstwhile, exordial, exploratory, first, fore, foregoing, foremost, former, front, front position, heading, headmost, heretofore, hitherto, in, inaugural, initiatory, last, latter, le pas, leading, older, original, other, past, precedence, precedency, precedent, precession, precessional, precurrent, precursive, precursor, precursory, preexistent, prefatory, preference, prefixation, preliminary, prelude, preludial, prelusive, preparatory, prevenient, previous, prime, prior, priority, proemial, propaedeutic, prothesis, senior, superiority, the lead, to, top priority, urgency, van