Associations to the word «Precede»

Wiktionary

PRECEDE, verb. (transitive) To go before, go in front of.
PRECEDE, verb. (intransitive) To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.
PRECEDE, verb. (transitive) To have higher rank than (someone or something else).
PRECEDE, noun. Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)

Dictionary definition

PRECEDE, verb. Be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools".
PRECEDE, verb. Come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify".
PRECEDE, verb. Be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands".
PRECEDE, verb. Move ahead (of others) in time or space.
PRECEDE, verb. Furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley