Preceding

[Pre*ced·ing]

Something is preceding if it comes directly before. The preceding sentence is not so much a definition of the word preceding as a description of it.

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Going before; -- opposed to following.

Adjective
preceding in time or order

p. pr. & vb. n.
of Precede

a.
Going before; -- opposed to following.

a.
In the direction toward which stars appear to move. See Following, 2.

Preceding

Pre*ced"ing, a. 1. Going before; -- opposed to following. 2. (Astron.) In the direction toward which stars appear to move. See Following, 2.

Going before; -- opposed to following.

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Usage Examples

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Every science is a profane restatement of the preceding dogmas of the religious period.