| ADJECTIVE | all | preceding | existing or coming before |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | preceding, past, retiring | of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office |
| Sounds | priysiy'dihng | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | Existing or coming before. | |
|---|---|---|
| Attribute of | temporal relation | A relation involving time |
| timing | The time when something happens | |
| Narrower | above | Appearing earlier in the same text |
| above-mentioned, above-named | mentioned or named earlier in the same text | |
| foregoing | especially of writing or speech | |
| introductory, prefatorial, prefatory | Serving as an introduction or preface | |
| precedent | preceding in time, order, or significance | |
| premedical | preceding and preparing for the study of medicine | |
| preparatory, preparative, propaedeutic | preceding and preparing for something | |
| previous, old | Just preceding something else in time or order | |
| See also | antecedent | preceding in time or order |
| Opposite | succeeding | coming after or following |
| Spanish | precedente | |
| Catalan | precedent | |
| Meaning | Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | past, retiring | |
| Broader | outgoing | Leaving a place or a position |
| Spanish | saliente | |
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