- preceding - existing or coming before
Antonyms: succeeding, apres-ski, back-to-back, consecutive, ensuing, undermentioned, in line, following, next, postmortem
- antecedent, preceding - preceding in time or order
- past, preceding, retiring - of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board"
Antonym: incoming (indirect, via outgoing)
- predate, precede, forego, antecede, antedate - be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun precession2, noun precedent1, noun precedency2, noun precedence2
Something ----s something
- precede, predate - come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
--2 is one way to lie
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun precession2, noun precedent4
Something ----s something
- precede, come before - be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
Antonyms: succeed, come after, follow
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun precession2, noun predecessor1, noun precedence3
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
- precede, lead - move ahead (of others) in time or space
--4 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Antonyms: follow
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun precedency3
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- precede, preface, premise, introduce - furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
--5 is one way to state, say, tell
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something