preceding: usually implies being immediately before in time or in place: the last sentence of the ~ing paragraph.


antecedent: applies to order in time and may suggest a causal or logical relation: study the revolution and its ~ economic conditions.


foregoing: applies to what has preceded, chiefly in discourse: a restatement of the ~ paragraph.   词根FORE表示之前before，如forehead前额，foretaste预先体验，forecast预报     （discourse论文演讲a long and serious treatment of a subject in writing or speech严肃地详细地论述某主题，如a discourse on issues of gender equality关于性别平等的论文）


previous: implies existing or occurring earlier: a ~ marriage.


prior: often adds to previous an implication of greater importance: the prices in this catalogue supersede all ~ prices.


former: implies always a definite comparison or contrast with something that is latter: the ~ name of the company.


anterior: applies to position before or ahead of, usually in space, sometimes in time or order: the ~ lobe of the brain.  没有找到表示时间顺序的例子，全部表示空间位置

preceding之前: 指紧接着的之前，在时间或空间，antecedent之前: 指时间顺序，有因果逻辑关系，foregoing之前: 也表示紧接着的之前，主要用在论文中，previous之前: 泛指存在发生于之前，prior之前: 比较正式，表示重要，former之前: 用于和latter作比较对比，anterior前部: 指空间位置上的前部


记忆方法:  1）首字母PAFPPFA中AFP是法新社(Agence France-Presse)，出现2次，剩下一个P想成Paper报纸<==法新社之前的报纸

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          3）之前的意思是在前面mean being before.首字母PAFPPFA中AFP是法新社(Agence France-Presse)，出现2次，剩下一个P想成Paper报纸<==法新社之前的报纸