By THE NEW YORK TIMES. Twenty-seventh President of the United States and its tenth Chief Justice, William Howard Taft was the only man in the history of the country to become the head of both the Executive and Judicial Departments of the Federal Government.
Adj. 1. preceding-existing or coming before. antecedent-preceding in time or order. succeeding-coming after or following. previous-Preceding means occurring immediately before the time of the utterance, while previous means occurring at some time before the utterance..
Definition of Forthcoming. 1  at ease in talking to others. 2  of the relatively near future; the approaching election; this coming Thursday; the forthcoming holidays; the upcoming spring fashions. 3  available when required or as promised; federal funds were not forthcoming.