Definition of "preceding" []

• Existing or coming before another or others in time, place, rank, or sequence; previous. (adjective)

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• "The term preceding the Commencement of 1799 was especially stormy."
• "The recognition of Conversion, in fact, requires us to admit that, formally, in a logical proposition, the term preceding the copula is subject and the one following is predicate."
• "Label (render the label preceding the above, wrapped in a tag"