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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
above, advanced, aforegoing, aforementioned, ante, antecedence, antecedency, antecedent, anteposition, anterior, anteriority, anticipatory, avant-garde, chief, ci-devant, dominion, earlier, early, elder, ere, erstwhile, exordial, exploratory, first, fore, foregoing, foremost, former, front, front position, heading, headmost, heretofore, hitherto, in, inaugural, initiatory, last, latter, le pas, leading, older, original, other, past, precedence, precedency, precedent, precession, precessional, precurrent, precursive, precursor, precursory, preexistent, prefatory, preference, prefixation, preliminary, prelude, preludial, prelusive, preparatory, prevenient, previous, prime, prior, priority, proemial, propaedeutic, prothesis, senior, superiority, the lead, to, top priority, urgency, van
Dictionary Results for preceding:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
preceding
    adj 1: existing or coming before [ant: succeeding(a)]
    2: of a person who has held and relinquished a position or
       office; "a retiring member of the board" [syn: past(a),
       preceding(a), retiring(a)]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Preceding \Pre*ced"ing\, a.
   1. Going before; -- opposed to following.
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   2. (Astron.) In the direction toward which stars appear to
      move. See Following, 2.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Precede \Pre*cede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preceded; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Preceding.] [L. praecedere, praecessum; prae before
   + cedere to go, to be in motion: cf. F. pr['e]ceder. See
   Pre-, and Cede.]
   1. To go before in order of time; to occur first with
      relation to anything. "Harm precedes not sin." --Milton.
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   2. To go before in place, rank, or importance.
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   3. To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used
      with by or with before the instrumental object. [R.]
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            It is usual to precede hostilities by a public
            declaration.                          --Kent.
      [1913 Webster] Precedence

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