Firstborn and Preceding

Firstborn

Firstborn adjective - First in order of birth.
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Preceding and firstborn are semantically related. in most senior topic. In some cases you can use "Preceding" instead an adjective "Firstborn".

Preceding

Preceding adjective - Going before another in time or order.

Firstborn and preceding are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Firstborn" with "Preceding", this adjectives are similar.

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  • Western Animation / The Prince of Egypt Don't Make Me Destroy You: In the scene immediately preceding the plague of the firstborn, Moses practically begs Rameses not to let things continue, all the while staring at Rameses' son.
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