Complete Definition of "foregoing"

English

Pronunciation
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Adjective
foregoing

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

#* 1748. David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. § 14.
#*: 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;

Synonyms
preceding

Translations
trans-top|occuring before or in front of something else
Finnish: t+|fi|edeltävä
Norwegian: t-|no|foregående, t-|no|forrige
trans-mid
Portuguese: t+|pt|precedente
trans-bottom

Verb
foregoing

  1. present participle of|forego

io:foregoing
it:foregoing
te:foregoing
vi:foregoing
zh:foregoing

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