Preceding

verb

/pɹiːˈsiːdɪŋ/

Word Frequency: 20.2

Definitions

1.verbTo go before, go in front of.

"Cultural genocide precedes physical genocide."

2.verbTo cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.

3.verbTo have higher rank than (someone or something else).

4.adjectiveOccurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.

"On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation."

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