foregoing

Adj.

1.

foregoing - especially of writing or speech; going before

aforegoing, aforementioned, aforenamed, aforesaid, antecedent, anterior, anticipatory, beforementioned, chief, ci-devant, earlier, early, elder, first, fore, forementioned, foremost, forenamed, heading, headmost, last, latter, leading, named, older, past, precedent, precessional, precurrent, precursory, preexistent, preliminary, prime, prior, said, same, senior