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- DictionaryPre·cede/prēˈsēd/
verb
- 1. come before (something) in time: "a gun battle had preceded the explosions" Similar go/come beforego in advance oflead up tolead topave the way forprepare the way forset the scene forheraldintroduceusher inantecedepredateantedatearchaic:foregopreveneOpposite followsucceed
- ▪ come before in order or position: "take time to read the chapters that precede the recipes" Similar go/come beforego in advance oflead up tolead topave the way forprepare the way forset the scene forheraldintroduceusher inantecedepredateantedatearchaic:foregopreveneOpposite followsucceed
- ▪ go in front or ahead of: "he let her precede him through the gate" Similar go ahead ofgo in front ofgo beforego firstlead the way
- ▪ preface or introduce something with: "he preceded the book with a collection of poems" Similar prefaceprefixintroducebeginopenlaunch
Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French preceder, from Latin praecedere, from prae ‘before’ + cedere ‘go’.
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