No. 15,495 in Russian
предшествующий
"Предшествующий" means "preceding" or "previous."
In a sentence
Предшествующий месяц был очень насыщенным.
The previous month was very busy.
Here, 'предшествующий' is used as an adjective meaning 'previous', indicating a time period that occurred before the current one.
Она учла ошибки из предшествующего проекта.
She considered the mistakes from the preceding project.
In this example, 'предшествующего' is utilized as a modifier for 'project', meaning 'preceding' or 'prior'.
В лекции обсуждалась предшествующая теория.
The lecture discussed the preceding theory.
Here, 'предшествующая' describes 'theory', meaning 'earlier' or 'prior in order or development.
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