
1) Above 2) Above-mentioned 3) Above-named 4) Antecedent 5) Before 6) Earlier 7) Existing or coming before 8) Foregoing 9) Going in front of 10) Introductory 11) Precedent 12) Prefatorial 13) Prefatory 14) Premedical 15) Preparative 16) Preparatory 17) Pretrial 18) Previous 19) Prior 20) Propaedeutic
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1) Above 2) Afore 3) Antecedent 4) Anterior 5) Anticipatory 6) Before 7) Earlier 8) Foregoing 9) Outgoing 10) Precedent 11) Preexistent 12) Preexisting 13) Prefacing 14) Prefatorial 15) Prefatory 16) Preparative 17) Preparatory 18) Pretrial 19) Prevenient 20) Previous 21) Prior 22) Prior to 23) Propaedeutic
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• (a.) Going before; -- opposed to following. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Precede • (a.) In the direction toward which stars appear to move. See Following, 2.
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In astronomy, the side of an object that comes into view first, or that leads in motion across the sky or across the face of a rotating body. Examples include the preceding limb of a planet and the preceding spot, or p-spot, which is the more western of a pair of sunspots.
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Pre·ced'ing adjective 1. Going before; -- opposed to
following .
2. (Astron.) In the direction toward which stars appear to move. See
Following , 2.
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that precedes; previous: Refer back to the footnote on the preceding page.
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