adj · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/pɹɪˈsiːdɪŋ/
/pɹiːˈsiːdɪŋ/
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rhymes with -iːdɪŋ
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
present participle and gerund of precede
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English precedyng, precedenge, present participle of Middle English preceden (“to precede”), equivalent to precede + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
папярэ́дні
(papjarédni)
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Bengali:
সাবেক
(śabek)
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Bulgarian:
преди́шен
(predíšen)
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Bulgarian:
предхо́ждащ
(predhóždašt)
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Chinese Mandarin:
先于
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Dutch:
voorgaand
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Finnish:
edeltävä
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
German:
führend
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
German:
vorherig
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
German:
vorausgehend
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Hindi:
पूर्ववर्ती
(pūrvavartī)
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Hindi:
पिछला
(pichlā)
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Italian:
precedente
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Latin:
prior
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Norwegian Bokmål:
foregående
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Norwegian Bokmål:
forrige
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Norwegian Bokmål:
forutgående
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Norwegian Nynorsk:
føregåande
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Norwegian Nynorsk:
førre
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Norwegian Nynorsk:
tidlegare
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Polish:
poprzedzający
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Russian:
предше́ствующий
(predšéstvujuščij)
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Russian:
предыду́щий
(predydúščij)
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Ukrainian:
попере́дній
(poperédnij)
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Vietnamese:
vừa rồi
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Vietnamese:
vừa nãy
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Vietnamese:
nãy
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
Vietnamese:
trước đây
— foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else
