preceding
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verb (used with object)
1.
to go before, as in place, order, rank, importance, or time.
2.
to introduce by something preliminary; preface: to precede one's statement with a qualification.
verb (used without object)
3.
to go or come before.
noun
4.
Journalism. copy printed at the beginning of a news story presenting late bulletins, editorial notes, or prefatory remarks.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to go or be before (someone or something) in time, place, rank, etc |
| 2. | (tr) to preface or introduce |
| [C14: via Old French from Latin praecēdere to go before, from prae before + cēdere to move] | |
| preceding (prɪˈsiːdɪŋ) | |
| —adj | |
| (prenominal) going or coming before; former | |
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Word Origin & History
precede
late 15c., "to go before" in rank or importance, from M.Fr. preceder, from L. præcedere "to go before," from præ- "before" + cedere "to go" (see cede). Meaning "to walk in front of" is from 1520s; that of "to come before in time" is attested from 1530s. Related: Preceding.
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Example sentences
The days preceding major holidays are plainly welcome to barbers, since that is when their scissors are most in demand.
Most costumes are ordered at trade shows the preceding winter.
What's important are not the details but the pronoun placement, she preceding me.
Sadly, the fallacy is rampant in academic discourse, including several of the preceding comments.
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