preceding week

collocation in English

meaningsofprecedingandweek

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preceding
adjective[before noun]
uk
/prɪˈsiː.dɪŋ/us
/priːˈsiː.dɪŋ/
existing or happening before someone ...
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week
noun[C]
uk
/wiːk/us
/wiːk/
a period of seven days, especially either from Monday to Sunday or from Sunday ...
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(Definition ofprecedingandweekfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpreceding week

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Each subject was asked to provide a faecal sample and was questioned regarding episodes of diarrhoea in theprecedingweek.
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Both serve simultaneously as the climax of theprecedingweekand the beginning of the next.
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Presence and severity of each symptom over theprecedingweekwas rated on a five-point scale (0=absent to 4=severe).
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In the final model for most countries it was observed that the number of disease cases in any given week was strongly correlated to the levels of theprecedingweek.
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In the week ending at midnight last night there were seven outbreaks, almost the same number as in theprecedingweek.
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Two other balloons flying from one of these sites were lost in similar circumstances in theprecedingweek, trivial damage being caused in one instance.
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However, no information is available to assess how many of these were for patients who had undertaken a long haul flight within theprecedingweek.
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Both these figures were 11,000 less than the corresponding figures in theprecedingweek.
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It follows that a dock labourer may be included in the return notwithstanding that he worked on three days of theprecedingweekother than the first three days.
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There had come to us in theprecedingweekor fortnight news which was perhaps the best that the world had received since the end of the war.
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Cast members began recording songs and rehearsing dance numbers for the episode in the middle of theprecedingweek.
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In 2007 the show was cancelled for the second time ever because of torrential rain theprecedingweekand a waterlogged show field.
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Events during theprecedingweekforeshadowed the announcement.
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Alerts should therefore be based on concomitantly high values for the three indices with respect to values in the preceding weeks.
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The postcards were recorded during theprecedingweekof the contest and ran behind schedule, leading to some postcards featuring only footage from the rehearsals and press conferences.
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During the hour-long group support session, members share their experiences of theprecedingweek, discuss their weight losses or gains, and share ideas and strategies for the week ahead.
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The fact that he was using overt subjects consistently at the age of 3;2 makes it hard to believe that he was omitting them in the immediately preceding weeks.
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Due to dry conditions in the preceding weeks, the ground easily absorbed the water, resulting in a lack of flooding.
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He had fended off a number of attempts on his life in the preceding weeks.
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