Preceding
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To go before, go in front of.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Occuring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
Past
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: in a direction that passes
Part of speech: preposition
Definition: beyond in place, quantity or time
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.The past tense.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Having already happened; in the past; finished.Relating to the past.(of a period of time) the one before this one
Example sentence: For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.