Preexisting: alternatives and connections

Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

To exist previously; to exist before something else.

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To exist previously; to exist before something else.

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Existence in a former state, or previous to something else.

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Existence in a former state, or previous to something else.

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Existing previously; preceding existence; as, a preexistent state.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.