precedingadjective [ before noun ]
uk/prɪˈsiː.dɪŋ/us/priːˈsiː.dɪŋ/existing or happening before someone or something:
The paintings are a development of ideas she explored in the preceding decade.
In conclusion, I hope the preceding arguments have convinced you of the need for action.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Before, after and already
- afore
- after
- afterwards
- already
- ante
- as it is idiom
- following
- formerly
- front
- gone
- heretofore
- immediate
- in advance idiom
- in advance of sth/sb idiom
- later
- shortly
- subsequent
- successor
- thereafter
- this
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