Old and Preceding

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Old

Old adjective - Just preceding something else in time or order.
Usage example: my old house was larger
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Preceding and old are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Preceding" instead an adjective "Old".
Nearby Words: oldie, olden, oldish

Preceding

Preceding adjective - Existing or coming before.
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Old and preceding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Old" instead an adjective "Preceding".
Nearby Words: precede, precedent, precedence, preceded

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  • The Future Is Noir The look of the film has more in common with old German black-and-white films than with the preceding Alien franchise.
    Source: The Future Is Noir
  • Sliding Scale of Shiny Versus Gritty The point of this being to show the "good old days" preceding the Dark Times of the Empire.
    Source: Sliding Scale of Shiny Versus Gritty
  • Those who have survived the devastation of the Sino Empire and the preceding wars now live as scavengers, fighting to survive in the skeletons of old cities.
    Source: Literature / The Spark Chronicles
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