preceding as an adjective: - 1
- 2
preceding
adjective
1 preceding
Existing or coming before.
Roget 62:
preceding
etc.
v.;
precedent,
antecedent;
anterior;
prior
etc.
116;
before;
former;
foregoing;
beforementioned†,
abovementioned†,
aforementioned;
aforesaid,
said;
precursory,
precursive†;
prevenient†,
preliminary,
prefatory,
introductory;
prelusive,
prelusory;
proemial†,
preparatory.
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Roget 116:
prior,
previous;
preceding,
precedent;
anterior,
antecedent;
pre-existing,
pre-existent;
former,
foregoing;
aforementioned,
before-mentioned,
abovementioned;
aforesaid,
said;
introductory
etc.
(precursory)
64.
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2 preceding
Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office.
synonyms: past, retiring.
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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