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preceding

/pɹiˈsidɪŋ/

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What does preceding mean?

adjective

  1. Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of precede

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IPA pronunciation

/pɹiˈsidɪŋ/

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The tendency of the legislative authority to absorb every other, has been fully displayed and illustrated by examples in some preceding numbers.
Alexander Hamilton; John Jay; James MadisonThe Federalist PapersProject Gutenberg ebook #18
However just the parallel drawn, in some of the preceding pages, between his Puritan ancestor and himself, it fails in this point.
Nathaniel HawthorneThe House of the Seven GablesProject Gutenberg ebook #77
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I had been awake the whole of the preceding night, my nerves were agitated, and my eyes inflamed by watching and misery.
Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheusProject Gutenberg ebook #84
So when the mother ceased to pay altogether, the reason for which we have read in preceding chapters, the Thénardiers kept Cosette.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
Gradually the events of the preceding night crept with silent, blood-stained feet into his brain and reconstructed themselves there with terrible distinctness.
Oscar WildeThe Picture of Dorian GrayProject Gutenberg ebook #174