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preceding

CEFR: B2

Existing, coming, or occurring immediately before something else in time, order, arrangement, or text.

Synonyms

prior
previous
antecedent

Common Collocations

preceding year
preceding chapter
in the preceding decade

Example Sentence

As illustrated in the preceding chart, international tourism revenues expanded steadily between twenty ten and twenty nineteen.

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