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

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