preceding.
Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
Meaning & usage
Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English precedyng, precedenge, present participle of Middle English preceden (“to precede”), equivalent to precede + -ing.
present participle and gerund of precede
Where this word comes from
From Middle English precedyng, precedenge, present participle of Middle English preceden (“to precede”), equivalent to precede + -ing.
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