Meanings
alternative archaic præceding
- not comparableOccurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation.
Synonyms: prevenient, antecedent
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOccurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveexisting or coming before
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishpreceden“to precede”
- Middle Englishprecedyng
- Englishpreceding
From Middle English precedyng, precedenge, present participle of Middle English preceden (“to precede”), equivalent to precede + -ing.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bengali সাবেক
- সাবেক (śabek)foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Bulgarian преди́шен, предхо́ждащ
- преди́шен (predíšen)foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
- предхо́ждащ (predhóždašt)foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Chinese Mandarin 先于
- 先于foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Dutch voorgaand
- voorgaandforegoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Finnish edeltävä
- edeltäväforegoing; occurring before or in front of something else
German führend, vorherig
- führendforegoing; occurring before or in front of something else
- vorherigforegoing; occurring before or in front of something else
- vorausgehendforegoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Hindi पूर्ववर्ती, पिछला
- पूर्ववर्ती (pūrvavartī)foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
- पिछला (pichlā)foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Italian precedente
- precedenteforegoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Latin prior
- priorforegoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Norwegian Bokmål foregående, forrige
- foregåendeforegoing; occurring before or in front of something else
- forrigeforegoing; occurring before or in front of something else
- forutgåendeforegoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Polish poprzedzający
- poprzedzającyforegoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Russian предше́ствующий, предыду́щий
- предше́ствующий (predšéstvujuščij)foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
- предыду́щий (predydúščij)foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Ukrainian попере́дній
- попере́дній (poperédnij)foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Vietnamese vừa rồi, vừa nãy
- vừa rồiforegoing; occurring before or in front of something else
- vừa nãyforegoing; occurring before or in front of something else
- nãyforegoing; occurring before or in front of something else
- trước đâyforegoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with preceding
Cite this entry
preceding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preceding
“preceding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preceding. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preceding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preceding.
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