preceding

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
19
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/pɹɪˈsiːdɪŋ/
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/pɹɪˈsiːdɪŋ/ · /pɹiːˈsiːdɪŋ/

Definition of preceding

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
    “On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
    “On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation.”

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of precede

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Etymology

From Middle English precedyng, precedenge, present participle of Middle English preceden (“to precede”), equivalent to precede + -ing.

Anagrams of preceding

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