ANTECEDING Synonyms: 8 Similar and Opposite Words

anteceding

verb

present participle of antecede

as in preceding

to go or come before in time the 19th-century Pre-Raphaelites claimed to base their principles and practices on the Italian art that anteceded Raphael and other masters of the High Renaissance

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In December 2024, the Pentagon estimated that China’s rocket force had boosted its missile supply by 50% in the preceding four years.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Doctors diagnosed the man with a spontaneous epidural hematoma, which is a blood clot that forms in the head or spine without any preceding trauma.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026

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