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preceding

/pɹɪˈsiːdɪŋ/adjective3 syllables

Preceding means: existing or coming before.

Synonyms for preceding19

adjective, as in existing or coming before

above, above-mentioned, above-named, foregoing, introductory, prefatorial, prefatory, precedent, premedical, preparatory, preparative, propaedeutic, previous, old, antecedent

adjective, as in of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office

past, retiring, outgoing

also used for preceding

prevenient

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Opposites of preceding

succeeding

What does preceding mean?2

adjective

1

existing or coming before

2

of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office“a retiring member of the board”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with preceding?15

three syllables

misleadingproceedingsucceedingexceedingconcedingreceding
Show 40 near rhymes
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Preceding in a sentence

  • The essential points of my argument have been expressed in the preceding pages.fishda
  • The company's fourth quarter results sharply improved from the preceding quarter.unknown
  • The sentence with the preceding number is false.MUIRIEL
  • If you replace each letter by the preceding letter in ЛГБТ (LGBT), you get КВАС (kvass).Ooneykcall
  • The following sentence is true. The preceding sentence is false.FlamingTofu
  • I'm not the one following you. You're the one preceding me.zogwarg
  • The preceding month was very rainy.Joseph
  • Her gaiety of the preceding day had given place to a deep shade of melancholy.Hybrid

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