Grade 6

preceding

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(pre-ced-ing) 3 syllables

Definition

adjective. coming before in time or order.

Example Sentence

Refer back to the footnote on the preceding page.

More Example Sentences

She read the preceding section carefully.

Synonyms

prior; earlier; preceding

Antonyms

following; succeeding; later

Hear It! Say It! Write It!

preceding
Hear It! Say It! Write It!

Rhymes

  • bleeding
  • breeding
  • ceding
  • feeding
  • heeding
  • kneading
  • leading
  • needing
  • pleading
  • reading
  • reding
  • seeding
  • speeding
  • weeding

  • acceding
  • conceding
  • exceeding
  • impeding
  • inbreeding
  • misleading
  • misreading
  • preceding
  • preceeding
  • proceeding
  • receding
  • rereading
  • seceding
  • stampeding
  • succeeding

  • interceding
  • superseding