Difference between Preceding and Last

PRECEDING vs LAST: NOUN

Fault.
A wooden pattern or model of the human foot, on which shoes are formed.
A unit of volume or weight varying for different commodities and in different districts, equal to about 80 bushels, 640 gallons, or 2 tons.
A burden; a load; a cargo.
A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value; hence, a particular weight or measure, varying in amount in different localities and for different commodities.
Power of holding out; endurance; stamina.
A person's dying act; the last thing a person can do
Holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
A unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
A unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
The last or lowest in an ordering or series
The concluding parts of an event or occurrence
The time at which life ends; continuing until dead
The temporal end; the concluding time
A block or form shaped like a human foot and used in making or repairing shoes.
The final mention or appearance.
The end.
One that is at the end or last.

Existing or coming before
Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
In the direction toward which stars appear to move. See Following, 2.
Going before; -- opposed to following.
Preceding in time or order
Existing or coming before another or others in time, place, or sequence; previous.

Least likely or expected.
Most valid, authoritative, or conclusive.
Highest in extent or degree; utmost.
Conclusive in a process or progression
Most up-to-date; newest.
Just past; most recent.
Being the only one left.
Being, coming, or placed after all others; final.
Occurring at or forming an end or termination
In accord with the most fashionable ideas or style
Not to be altered or undone
Coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining
Lowest in rank or importance
Occurring at the time of death
Most unlikely or unsuitable
Highest in extent or degree
Being the latest possible.
The least desirable or suitable.
Used as an intensive.
Of or relating to a terminal period or stage, as of life.
Administered just before death.

To form on or by a last; fit to a last, as the materials for a boot or shoe.
To follow out; carry out; perform; do.
To extend; reach.
To continue to be; remain in existence; continue in progress.
To hold out; continue unexhausted or unconsumed; escape failure or loss.
To continue unimpaired; remain fresh, unfaded, or unspoiled; continue to be available or serviceable; wear well: as, this color will last.
To find fault with; blame.
At the end of the series; after all others.
In conclusion; finally; lastly.
For the last time; on the last occasion before the present time.
Immediately past
Continuing until dead
The time at which life ends
The final thing a person can do
A person's dying act
The concluding time
The temporal end
Continue to live through hardship or adversity
A person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
Continue to live and avoid dying
Persist for a specified period of time
(idiom) (at last) After a considerable length of time; finally.
(idiom) (at long last) After a lengthy or troublesome wait or delay.

Outgoing, Preparative, Anterior, Old, Preparatory, Above, Anticipatory, Introductory, Antecedent, Foregoing, Prefatory, Pre, Past, Previous, Prior

Latter, Close, Concluding, Finale, Finish, Latest, Lowest, Finally, End, Penultimate, Worst, Final, Late, Later, Past

Outgoing, Preparative, Anterior, Old, Preparatory, Above, Anticipatory, Introductory, Antecedent, Foregoing, Prefatory, Pre, Past, Previous, Prior

Unlikely, Latter, Close, Concluding, Finale, Finish, Latest, Lowest, End, Penultimate, Worst, Final, Late, Later, Past

Antepartum and intrapartum factors preceding neonatal Hypoxicischemic encephalopathy.
Added Mercedes Benz Workshop Manuals to preceding post.
Usually the novitiate preceding profession lasted a year.
Area Operating Expenses incurred during the preceding year.
Flights must depart after the flight preceding it.
Repeat preceding steps until shot group is centered.
Matches one or more of the preceding character.
In the preceding example, we plotted quantitative data.
There can be only one constant for the immediately preceding variable, and one constant for each element of the immediately preceding array.
GPA the preceding term, and cannot have more than one F the preceding term.

The last to exercise that authority was Jimmy Carter; the last to receive it was Ronald Reagan.
This Addendum is effective upon receipt of the last approval necessary and the affixing of the last signaturerequired.
Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year.
Lenders commonly request anywhere from the last three months to the last three years of bank statements.
Agents that are growing know how many quotes they received today, yesterday, this week, last week, last quarter; well, you get the picture.
Over the last ten years we have produced more plastic than during the whole of the last century.
The licence will last for five years from the date the HMO was last registered.
Act, was proposed last year and was introduced by Congress last week.
Yeah, so last, as Mike stated, last fiscal year, we had four schools in First Day Complete.
The search continues for a missing Atlanta mom last seen in South Florida last month.