preceding

• præceding (archaic)

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

• IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈsiːdɪŋ/, /pɹiːˈsiːdɪŋ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ

preceding (not comparable)

1. Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.

   On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation.

• See also Thesaurus:former

• succeeding, see also Thesaurus:subsequent

preceding

1. present participle and gerund of precede

• decerping