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Preceding vs Proceedings - What's the difference?

preceding | proceedings |

As an adjective preceding

is occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.

As a verb preceding

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun proceedings is

plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals.

preceding

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Adjective

(-)
  • Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
    • On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation.

    Antonyms

    * succeeding

    Verb

    (head)

    • proceedings

    English

    Usage notes

    The latter UK pronunciation is generally only used for distinguishing this word from (preceding)

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • English plurals
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012
    • , date=June 2 , author= Phil McNulty , title=England 1-0 Belgium , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Hodgson's approach may not illuminate proceedings in Poland and Ukraine but early evidence suggests they will be tough to break down.}}
  • (legal, pluralonly) The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law. (convert into real quote) Blackstone.
  • The published record of the actions of a society, or of things done at its meetings.