Definition of 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"
  preface premise introduce
• move ahead (of others) in time or space
  lead
• be the predecessor of
  "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
  - come before
• come before
  "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
  predate
• be earlier in time
  go back further
  "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
  predate forego forgo antecede antedate

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