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

How to pronounce preceding?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say preceding in sign language?

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. Ambassador Sondland:

   No mention was ever made about these three claims in the many preceding years, not even during the Ambassadors confirmation process, when federal investigators were thoroughly pursuing input about his background, both personal and professional.

5. 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.

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