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

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn