Meaning of preceding in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

verb

• To go before, go in front of.

  Example: Cultural genocide precedes physical genocide.

• To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.

• To have higher rank than (someone or something else).

adjective

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

  Example: On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation.