Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.

    On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation.

    führend, vorherig, vorausgehend

    предше́ствующийpredšéstvujuščij, предыду́щийpredydúščij

    попере́днійpoperédnij

More definitions
  • existing or coming before
  • of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office

Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else:
Русский
By meaning 1
foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else:

Origin

From Middle English precedyng, precedenge, present participle of Middle English preceden (

From Middle English precedyng, precedenge, present participle of Middle English preceden (“to precede”), equivalent to precede + -ing.

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Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office:pastretiring

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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