preceding

Word family  noun precedent adjective preceding verb precede

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pre·ced·ing /prɪˈsiːdɪŋ/ AWL adjective [only before noun]  formalBEFORE happening or coming before the time, place, or part mentioned 在前的，在先的；前面的 SYN previous OPP followingpreceding days/weeks/months/years income tax paid in preceding years 前几年缴付的所得税preceding chapter/paragraph/page etc the diagram in the preceding chapter 上一章的图表

Examples from the Corpus

preceding• The preceding chapters have described several key events in recent French history.• He had been arrested at least fifteen times in the preceding five years.• This seems to contradict the argument in the preceding paragraph.• In the preceding section of the poem, Whitman is talking about how important it is to live in the present.• The company made more profit in that one month than it made in the whole of the preceding year.preceding chapter/paragraph/page etc• I hope that I have made the merits of the New Criticism sufficiently clear in the preceding pages.• It is helpful to start your sentences with the action verbs from the list of transferable skills on the preceding pages.• Some of those goals have been discussed in the preceding chapter.• The Permanent Council will explore the possibility of holding informal meetings on the issues mentioned in the two preceding paragraphs.• Could the kinds of experience we have described in the preceding chapters be systematically developed?• The preceding chapters have outlined many of the likely areas of difficulty.• But the world of chapter 26 is not only familiar to us from the preceding chapters of Genesis.

pre·ced·ing adjectiveChineseSyllable  

place, happening the or or coming before Corpus time,

preceding
pre‧ced‧ing AC /prɪˈsiːdɪŋ/ adjective [only before noun]formal happening or coming before the time, place, or part mentioned
   SYN  previous
   OPP  following
    preceding days/weeks/months/years
    income tax paid in preceding years
    preceding chapter/paragraph/page etc
    the diagram in the preceding chapter
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ previous [only before noun] used when talking about a person, thing, time etc before the one that you are talking about now: The car’s previous owner didn’t take very good care of it. | Please ignore my previous instructions. | The temperature is higher than in previous years.
   ▪ last [only before noun] used when talking about the one that you had just before now, or the one that existed just before now: The last apartment we lived in was much smaller than this one. | Ben’s last girlfriend was a teacher. | Beth broke up with her last boyfriend because he drank too much.
   ▪ old [only before noun] used when talking about people you knew or things you had in the past, or about things that existed in the past and have been replaced by newer things: I never liked my old boss. | I saw Phil with one of my old girlfriends. | The new stadium is much bigger than the old one. | He was my old maths teacher.
   ▪ preceding [only before noun] formal coming just before the time or thing you have just mentioned, or before the part of a book where you are now: There were fewer crimes compared to the preceding year. | The author dealt with this subject in the preceding chapters of the book. | In the preceding section of the poem, Whitman is talking about how important it is to live in the present.
   ▪ former [only before noun] formal used to describe someone or something that used to have a particular job or position but does not any more: her former husband | the former US President | Kyoto was the former capital of Japan.
   ▪ ex-wife/boyfriend/soldier etc someone who used to be someone’s wife, used to be a soldier etc, but is not any more: Her dad’s an ex-policeman. | Lydia is still friends with her ex-husband.
   ▪ the one before the person or thing that existed before the one you have just mentioned: I didn’t enjoy Spielberg’s last film but I thought the one before was all right. | Each year, the convention is a little larger than the one before.