preceding definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: existing or ... or office; "a retiring member of the board" [syn: past, preceding, retiring] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 15th century that immediately precedes in time or place < the preceding day > < preceding paragraphs > Synonyms: preceding, antecedent, foregoing, previous, prior, former, anterior mean being before. preceding usually implies being immediately before in time or in ...
North preceding definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary North North, a. Lying toward ... earth, ninety degrees from the equator toward the north. North preceding. See Following, a., 2. North star, the star toward which ...
... AND INDIVIDUAL ESCHATOLOGY V. THE PAROUSIA 1. Definition 2. Signs Preceding the Parousia 3. Events Preceding the Parousia (1) The Conversion of Israel (2) The Coming ... as distinguished from Christ's present spiritual reign, and as preceding the state of eternity. In fact the figure of the ... 4:8; Heb 10:25; 2Pe 3:10. 2. Signs Preceding the Parousia: The parousia is preceded by certain signs heralding ... occurrence. The correctness of this view is confirmed by the preceding parable, Mark 13:28,29, where in precisely the same ... is intended to cover of what is described in the preceding discourse. The answer will depend on what is there ...
... any object; as before the house; before the fire. 7. Preceding in time. Before I was afflicted, I went astray. Psalms ... Manasseh. Genesis 48. Poverty is desirable before torments. 9. Superior; preceding in dignity. He that cometh after me is preferred before ... before me. John l. 10. Prior to; having prior right; preceding in order; as, the eldest son is before the younger ... the wind by its impulse. BEFO'RE, adv. In time preceding. You tell me what I knew before. 1. In time preceding, to the present, or to this time; hitherto; as, tumults ... in store for < got the whole summer before you > 2. preceding in time ; earlier than < just before noon > 3. in ...
... Dictionary ANTECE'DENT, a. Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the deluge. ANTECE'DENT, n ... with the other. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: preceding in time or order [ant: subsequent] n 1: someone from ... ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root] [ant: descendant, descendent] 2: a preceding occurrence or cause or event 3: anything that precedes something ... the first term of a mathematical ratio 4. a. a preceding event, condition, or cause b. plural the significant events, conditions ... ancestors, parents II. adjective Date: 14th century prior Synonyms: see preceding • antecedently adverb Oxford Reference Dictionary n. & adj. --n. 1 a preceding thing or circumstance. 2 Gram. a word, phrase, clause, ...
... author. FOR'MER, a. comp. deg. 1. Before in time; preceding another or something else in order of time; opposed to ... of the former age. Job 8. 3. Near the beginning; preceding; as the former part of a discourse or argument. 4 ... relating to, or occurring in the past < former correspondence > 2. preceding in place or arrangement ; foregoing < the former part of the ... 4. having been previously ; onetime < a former athlete > Synonyms: see preceding II. noun Date: 14th century 1. one that forms 2 ... a. [A compar. due to OE. formest. See Foremost.] 1. Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier; hence, ancient ... and an ill temper. --Pope. Syn: Prior; previous; anterior; antecedent; preceding; foregoing. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Former Form"er, n. ...
... is the man that precedes all the rest. Hence, 2. Preceding all others in the order of time. Adam was the ... first murderer. Monday was the first day of January. 3. Preceding all others in numbers or a progressive series; the ordinal of one; as, 1 is the first number. 4. Preceding all others in rank, dignity or excellence. Demosthenes was the ... first or last. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first ... faran to go — more at fare Date: before 12th century preceding all others in time, order, or importance: as a. earliest ... for, fore. See For, Fore, and cf. Formeer, Foremost.] 1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal ...
... syn: precede, preface, premise, introduce] Merriam Webster's verb (preceded; preceding) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French preceder, from Latin praecedere ... a come or go before in time, order, importance, etc. (preceding generations; the preceding paragraph; sons of barons precede baronets). b walk etc. in ... v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Preceding.] [L. praecedere, praecessum; prae before + cedere to go, to be ... by a public declaration. --Kent. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (precedes, preceding, preceded) 1. If one event or period of time precedes ... lasted 20 seconds... Industrial orders had already fallen in the preceding months. VERB: V n, be V-ed by n, ...
... takes priority over class struggle" [syn: precedence, precedency, priority] 2: preceding in time [syn: priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency] [ant: posteriority, subsequence, subsequentness] 3: the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony ... Date: 1588 1. a. obsolete antecedent b. the fact of preceding in time 2. a. the right to superior honor on ... in time, order, or importance, etc. 2 the right of preceding others on formal occasions. Phrases and idioms: take precedence (often ... e]dence. See Precede.] 1. The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one ... upmanship, order, paramountcy, past time, place, position, power structure, precedency, preceding, precession, precursor, predating, predominance, predomination, preeminence, preexistence, preference, preponderance, ...
... a like nature. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: preceding in time, order, or significance n 1: an example that ... common law, case law, precedent] 4: a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time) Merriam Webster's I. adjective Etymology: Middle English ... a guide for subsequent cases or as a justification. --adj. preceding in time, order, importance, etc. Derivatives: precedently adv. Etymology: ME ... pr['e]c['e]dent. See Precede.] Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services. --Shak. ``A precedent injury.'' --Bacon. Condition ... cases can but direct as precedents only. --Hooker. 2. A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. a. Antecedent, See preceding. II. n. Authoritative example, prior instance, antecedent, example, pattern, ...
... 3.0 (2005) adj 1: denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important; designed to orient ... before proceeding; "a preliminary investigation" n 1: a minor match preceding the main event [syn: preliminary, prelim] 2: something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary ... or trial (as of a race) d. a minor match preceding the main event (as of a boxing card) II. adjective ... entrance: cf. F. pr['e]liminaire. Cf. Limit.] Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to ... opener, opening, original, overture, planning, postulate, preamble, prearrangement, precedence, precedent, preceding, precessional, precursory, preface, prefatory, prefix, prefixed, prefixture, preliminaries, preliminary ...
... Something introductory or that shows what is to follow; something preceding which bears some relation or resemblance to that which is ... 3.0 (2005) n 1: something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary ... ludicrous Date: 1561 1. an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter ... poem etc. 3 a an introductory piece of music, often preceding a fugue or forming the first piece of a suite ... before + ludus play. See Prelude, v. t.] An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement ... introduce, introduction, leap, operatic overture, overture, postulate, preamble, precedence, precedency, preceding, precession, precursor, preface, preference, prefix, prefixation, prefixture, preliminary, premise, ...
... or some other word, for the Latin has prisce, pristinus.] Preceding in the order of time; former; antecedent; anterior; as a ... prior agreement > 2. taking precedence (as in importance) Synonyms: see preceding • priorly adverb Oxford Reference Dictionary adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 ... for. See Former, and cf. Prime, a., and Pre-, Pro-.] Preceding in the order of time; former; antecedent; anterior; previous; as ... PREP-PHRASE Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. Former, preceding, earlier, previous, anterior, antecedent, precedent, foregoing, precursory. Moby Thesaurus ahead ... late, latest, leading, old, olden, older, once, onetime, past, precedent, preceding, precessional, precurrent, precursory, preexistent, prefatory, prehistoric, preliminary, preludial, prelusive, preparatory ...
... in time; coming in advance of something; coming first; anterior; preceding; prior; as the fore part of the last century; the ... the fore part of a garment. 5. Going first; usually preceding the other part; as the fore part of a ship ... being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed to back or behind; as ... n Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. 1. Anterior, preceding, prior, antecedent, previous, foregoing, former. 2. Front, anterior, face. 3 ... lap, late, leading, obverse, old, olden, older, once, onetime, past, preceding, precurrent, preexistent, preface, prefix, prehistoric, previous, primary, prime, primeval, primitive ...