"preceding" meaning in English

See preceding in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pɹɪˈsiːdɪŋ/, /pɹiːˈsiːdɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-preceding.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English precedyng, precedenge, present participle of Middle English preceden (“to precede”), equivalent to precede + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|precedyng}} Middle English precedyng, {{m|enm|precedenge}} precedenge, {{der|en|enm|preceden|t=to precede}} Middle English preceden (“to precede”), {{af|en|precede|-ing|id2=participial}} precede + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} preceding (not comparable)
  1. Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence. Tags: not-comparable Translations (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else): папярэ́дні (papjarédni) (Belarusian), সাবেক (śabek) (Bengali), преди́шен (predíšen) (Bulgarian), предхо́ждащ (predhóždašt) (Bulgarian), voorgaand (Dutch), edeltävä (Finnish), führend (German), vorherig (German), vorausgehend (German), precedente (Italian), prior (Latin), foregående (Norwegian Bokmål), forrige (Norwegian Bokmål), forutgående (Norwegian Bokmål), føregåande (Norwegian Nynorsk), førre (Norwegian Nynorsk), tidlegare (Norwegian Nynorsk), poprzedzający (Polish), предше́ствующий (predšéstvujuščij) (Russian), предыду́щий (predydúščij) (Russian), попере́дній (poperédnij) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-preceding-en-adj-Ksqxoi4V
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: præceding [archaic]

Verb

IPA: /pɹɪˈsiːdɪŋ/, /pɹiːˈsiːdɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-preceding.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English precedyng, precedenge, present participle of Middle English preceden (“to precede”), equivalent to precede + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|precedyng}} Middle English precedyng, {{m|enm|precedenge}} precedenge, {{der|en|enm|preceden|t=to precede}} Middle English preceden (“to precede”), {{af|en|precede|-ing|id2=participial}} precede + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} preceding
  1. present participle and gerund of precede Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: precede
    Sense id: en-preceding-en-verb-jTbsRfXH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing (participial) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: præceding [archaic]

Alternative forms

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      "word": "prior"
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