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precedingadjective going before another in time or orderhad not eaten since the preceding day antecedent, anterior, foregoing, former, precedent, previous, prior advance, early, prematureearliest, first, inaugural, initial, maiden, original, pioneerpreexistingintroductory, preliminaryerstwhile, whilom after, ensuing, following, later, posterior, subsequent, succeeding advanced, lateclosing, concluding, final, last, latest, latter, terminal, ultimate precedingverbpresent participle of precedeto go or come before in timethere are two speeches which will precede yours anteceding, antedating, foregoing, predating, preexisting following, postdating, succeeding adj.preceding, antecedent, foregoing, previous, prior, former, anterior mean being before.preceding usually implies being immediately before in time or in place.the preceding sentence antecedent applies to order in time and may suggest a causal relation.conditions antecedent to the revolution foregoing applies chiefly to statements.the foregoing remarks previous and prior imply existing or occurring earlier, but prior often adds an implication of greater importance.a child from a previous marriage a prior obligation former implies always a definite comparison or contrast with something that is latter.the former name of the company anterior applies to position before or ahead of usually in space, sometimes in time or order.the anterior lobe of the brain in the 15th century |