preceding
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pre·ced·ing
(prĭ-sē′dĭng)adj.
1. Existing or coming before another or others: in preceding years; on a preceding page.
2. Existing or coming immediately before another or others: the preceding year; the preceding page.
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preceding
(prɪˈsiːdɪŋ)adj
(prenominal) going or coming before; former
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pre•ced•ing
(prɪˈsi dɪŋ)adj.
that precedes; coming before; previous: the preceding page.
[1485–95]
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preceding
, previous - Preceding means "occurring immediately before the time of the utterance," while previous means "occurring at some time before the utterance."See also related terms for utterance.
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Adj. | 1. | preceding - existing or coming before antecedent - preceding in time or order succeeding - coming after or following |
2. | preceding - of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board" outgoing - leaving a place or a position; "an outgoing steamship" |
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preceding
adjective
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preceding
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Translations
سابِقسالِف
předcházejícípředchozí
forudgående
edeltävä
prethodni
undanfarandi
前の
선행하는
predchádzajúci
predhoden
föregående
ที่มาก่อน
trước
preceding
[prɪˈsiːdɪŋ] ADJ [day, week, month, year] → anterior; [chapter, paragraph, sentence] → precedente, anteriorCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
preceding
[prɪˈsiːdɪŋ] adj [section, chapter, text, pages] → précédent(e); [months, years, week, month] → précédent(e)Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
preceding
adj time, month etc → vorangegangen; page, example also → vorhergehend
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precede
(priˈsiːd) verb to go, happen etc before. She preceded him into the room.
precedence (ˈpresidəns) noun (the right of) going before in order of importance etc. This matter is urgent and should be given precedence over others at the moment.
ˌprecedent (ˈpresidənt) noun a past action, especially a legal decision, which may act as a guide or rule in the future.
preˈceding adjectiveon the preceding page.
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preceding
→ سالِف předchozí forudgående vorhergehend προηγούμενος precedente edeltävä précédent prethodni precedente 前の 선행하는 voorafgaand forrige poprzedzający precedente предшествующий föregående ที่มาก่อน önceki trước 在前的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009