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preceding

/pri'sidɪŋ/

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adjective
of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
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past retiring outgoing
adjective
existing or coming before
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above-named foregoing introductory old precedent prefatorial prefatory premedical preparative preparatory previous propaedeutic above above-mentioned

Opposite:

succeeding

Definition that contains preceding

first preceding all others in time or space or degree
original preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
priority preceding in time
premiere preceding all others in time
foremost preceding all others in spatial position
premier preceding all others in time
precedent preceding in time, order, or significance
precedence preceding in time
preparatory preceding and preparing for something
antemortem preceding death