preceding

/pɹiːˈsiːdɪŋ/
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Difficulty LevelAdvanced

Academic vocabulary

Word FrequencyCommon

Regularly used in writing and speech

Syllables3

Moderate complexity

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verb

1. To go before, go in front of.

"Cultural genocide precedes physical genocide."

2. To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.

3. To have higher rank than (someone or something else).

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adjective

1. Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.

"On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation."

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