Preceding

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  • adjective. Existing or coming before another or others in time, place, or sequence; previous.
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  • adjective. Going before; -- opposed to following.
  • adjective. In the direction toward which stars appear to move. See Following, 2.
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  • adjective. Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
  • verb. Present participle of precede.
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  • adjective. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
  • adjective. existing or coming before
    • Word Usage
    "The term preceding the Commencement of 1799 was especially stormy."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    following  succeeding  successive  
    cross-reference
    introductory  paste  superior  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Reading  acceding  bleeding  breeding  ceding  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    blogpost  book  end  following  given  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    above  advanced  aforegoing  aforementioned  ante  
    variant
    following  
    verb-stem
    precede  
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