foregoing en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˌfɔː(ɹ)ˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/ (UK)
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- /ˈfɔɹˌɡoʊɪŋ/ (General-American)
- /fɔɹˈɡoʊɪŋ/ (General-American)
- /fɚˈɡoʊɪŋ/ (General-American)
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(not-comparable) Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
Striking confirmation of the foregoing points comes in a letter from a Swindon reader, who writes "[…]."
1951 March, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 187:we may conclude, from the foregoing reasonings, that, as certain unity is requisite in all productions, it cannot be wanting in history more than in any other;
1748, David Hume, Enquiry concerning Human Understanding., Section 3. § 14:
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no forrige (occurring before or in front of something else) · fr ci-dessus (occurring before or in front of something else) · pt precedente (occurring before or in front of something else) · pl powyższy (occurring before or in front of something else) · bg предшестващ (occurring before or in front of something else) · fi edeltävä (occurring before or in front of something else) · cmn 之前 (occurring before or in front of something else) · yue 之前 (occurring before or in front of something else) · pl uprzedni (occurring before or in front of something else) · nl voorafgaand (occurring before or in front of something else) · bg гореспоменат (occurring before or in front of something else) · it precedente (occurring before or in front of something else) · es precedente (occurring before or in front of something else) · oc precedent (occurring before or in front of something else) · no foregående (occurring before or in front of something else) · sv föregående (occurring before or in front of something else) · fr précédent (occurring before or in front of something else) · got 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍃 (occurring before or in front of something else)