Definitions for preceding
prɪˈsi dɪŋpre·ced·ing

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. preceding(a)(adj)

   existing or coming before

2. past(a), preceding(a), retiring(a)(adj)

   of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office

   "a retiring member of the board"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. preceding(Adjective)

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

   On the preceding Monday Shobana had left on vacation.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Preceding

   of Precede

2. Preceding(adj)

   going before; -- opposed to following

3. Preceding(adj)

   in the direction toward which stars appear to move. See Following, 2

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of preceding in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of preceding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of preceding in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   This isn't a knock on President Obama, this is a knock on many presidents preceding me. It's a knock on everybody.

2. Fontenelle:

   A well cultivated mind is made up of all the minds of preceding ages; it is only the one single mind educated by all previous time.

3. Thomas Jefferson:

   Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence ... too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment.

4. Lorraine Doyne:

   Her fears that her symptoms over the preceding months before she died were cancer-related were proved right. The messages from Bronte are all her own words, and I believe that’s more powerful for people to understand what she went through. I want to see changes and action now.

5. Vinay Bhaskara:

   The Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A320neo technologies offer cash savings in operating cost per seat miles of up to 8% (about $3 savings per gallon) against its preceding technology, with current fuel prices, airlines are looking at pricing and capital deployment rather than fuel-saving capabilities.

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