1. preceding - Adjective
2. preceding - Verb
4. preceding - Adjective Satellite
of Precede
Going before; -- opposed to following.
In the direction toward which stars appear to move. See Following, 2.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe content or time-clothing of any medium or culture is the preceding medium or culture. Marshall McLuhan
Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we've ever known. Ronald Reagan
To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies And even the pang preceding death Bids expectation rise. Oliver Goldsmith
That all who have ever been born men from the beginning of creation, and are deceased, are either in heaven or in hell, follows from those things which have been said and shown in the preceding article, namely, that Heaven and Hell are from the human race. Emanuel Swedenborg
Overemphasis of efficiency leads to an unfortunate circularity in design: for reasons of efficiency early programming languages reflected the characteristics of the early computers, and each generation of computers reflects the needs of the programming languages of the preceding generation. Kenneth E. Iverson
Three months later, on September 5, 2001, at a pro-am event preceding the Canadian Open at the Royal Montreal Golf Club, I was invited to play a round with Tiger Woods. Nothing in the game of politics had ever been as nerve-racking as that game of golf. Jean Chrétien