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Definition of Preceding
1. Adjective. Existing or coming before.
Also: Antecedent
Similar to: Above, Above-mentioned, Above-named, Foregoing, Introductory, Prefatorial, Prefatory, Precedent, Premedical, Preparative, Preparatory, Propaedeutic, Old, Previous
Antonyms: Succeeding
2. Adjective. Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office. "A retiring member of the board"
Definition of Preceding
1. a. Going before; -- opposed to following.
Definition of Preceding
1. Adjective. Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of precede) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Preceding
1. precede [v] - See also: precede
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preceding
Literary usage of Preceding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lancet (1898)
"The deaths referred to diseases of the respiratory organs in London, which had
been 700 and 533 in the two preceding weeks, further declined last week to ..."
2. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1823)
"These will bring us back into the are deter- regular track of analysis, pursued,
without de- the dm- viation, through the four preceding classes. ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"It may, however, be well to quote from the Times some facts regarding this and
preceding conferences : It will be practically the fourth of a series of ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"... second A fourth part of the ' History ' was added by a certain TM, who published
it with the preceding three parts in one volume quarto m 1661. ..."
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