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preceding

  • /pɹɪˈsiːdɪŋ/
  • /pɹiːˈsiːdɪŋ/

Rhymes with -iːdɪŋ

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

adjective præceding

  1. not comparable Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence. On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation.

verb præceding

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of precede

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