preceding
Something is preceding if it comes directly before. The preceding sentence is not so much a definition of the word preceding as a description of it.
To cede is to give way, so when you use preceding to describe, say, a person, you’re essentially describing him as the one that just gave way. Previous is a good synonyms. If you are in 11th grade now, you were in 10th grade in the preceding year. And a persistent person will keep asking for something even if "no" has been the answer the 10 preceding times he or she has asked.
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existing or coming before
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Synonyms:
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antecedent
preceding in time or order
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above
appearing earlier in the same text
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above-mentioned, above-named
mentioned or named earlier in the same text
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foregoing
especially of writing or speech; going before
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introductory, prefatorial, prefatory
serving as an introduction or preface
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precedent
preceding in time, order, or significance
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premedical
preceding and preparing for the study of medicine
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preparative, preparatory, propaedeutic
preceding and preparing for something
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old, previous
just preceding something else in time or order
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Antonyms:
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succeeding
coming after or following
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subsequent
following in time or order
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back-to-back, consecutive
one after the other
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ensuing
following immediately and as a result of what went before
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following, undermentioned
about to be mentioned or specified
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following, next
immediately following in time or order
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in line
being next in a line of succession
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postmortem
after death or after an event
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antecedent
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of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
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Vocabulary lists containing preceding
When almost-eight-year-old Georgie Burgess wins a rosebush from a Florida grocery store, he seeks to give it the tender-loving home that he has never known.
Using trial manuscripts, archival materials, and interviews following President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, Swanson details the wild twelve-day chase to capture John Wilkes Booth.
In 15th-century Korea, brothers Kee-sup and Young-sup impress the king with their ability to construct and fly kites.
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