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preceding [prɪˈsiːdɪŋ] adj
(prenominal) going or coming before; former ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
preceding Translations preceding [prɪˈsiːdɪŋ] ADJ [day, week, month, year] → anterior; [chapter, paragraph, sentence] → precedente, anterior preceding [prɪˈsiːdɪŋ] adj [section, chapter, text, pages] → précédent(e); [months, years, week, month] → précédent(e) preceding adj time, month etc → vorangegangen; page, example also → vorhergehend How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| These last should arise from the internal structure of the plot, so that what follows should be the necessary or probable result of the preceding action. From Magdalen to Norah (inclosed in the preceding Letter). We must, however, allow for the entire extinction of some preceding forms, and for the coming in of quite new forms by immigration, and for a large amount of modification, during the long and blank intervals between the successive formations. |
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