adjective

preceding

prih-SEE-dihng

adjective

Coming right before something else in time, order, or position.

"Turn to the preceding page to see the full diagram."

"The preceding week had been unusually stressful for the whole team."

How to Use Preceding

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishWhatever came just before — the thing, event, or section right ahead of the one being discussed.

Common pairings

the preceding chapter the preceding year in the preceding paragraph

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Turn to the _____ page to see the full diagram.

From the Latin-derived verb precede (\"to go before\"), plus the -ing ending.

succeeding

previous subsequent succeeding

needing feeding weeding seeding bleeding breeding speeding receding exceeding proceeding succeeding inbreeding

succeeding previous subsequent