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preceding

adj
/pɹɪˈsiːdɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English precedyng, precedenge, present participle of Middle English preceden (“to precede”), equivalent to precede + -ing.

  1. derived from preceden — “to precede”
  2. inherited from precedyng

Definitions

  1. Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.

    • On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation.

  2. present participle and gerund of precede

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at preceding. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at preceding. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at preceding

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA