preceding

Etymology

From Middle English precedyng, precedenge, present participle of Middle English preceden (“to precede”), equivalent to precede + -ing.

adj

  1. Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
    On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of precede

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