Definitions for preceding
Overview of verb precede
The verb precede has 5 senses? (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (9) predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate
(be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools")
2. (6) precede, predate
(come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify")
3. (3) precede, come before
(be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands")
4. (1) precede, lead
(move ahead (of others) in time or space)
5. precede, preface, premise, introduce
(furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution")
Overview of adj preceding
The adj preceding has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (7) preceding
(existing or coming before)
2. past, preceding, retiring
(of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board")
