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1. (v.t.) precede
to go before, as in place, rank, importance, or time.
2. precede
to introduce by something preliminary; preface.
3. (v.i.) precede
to go or come before.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME < L praecēdere. See pre -, cede)
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| Definition of 'precede' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate
be earlier in time; go back further
"Stone tools precede bronze tools"
2. (verb) precede, predate
come before
"Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
3. (verb) precede, come before
be the predecessor of
"Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
4. (verb) precede, lead
move ahead (of others) in time or space
5. (verb) precede, preface, premise, introduce
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"
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1. (verb) precede
to come before
the winds preceding the storm; the person who preceded me in my job; the picture on the preceding page
2. precede
to walk or travel in front of
an ambulance preceded by a police car
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| Definition of 'precede' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) precede
to go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything
2. (verb) precede
to go before in place, rank, or importance
3. (verb) precede
to cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used with by or with before the instrumental object
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Sense: to go, happen etc before
She preceded him into the room.
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 Afrikaans: gaan vooraf |
 Arabic: يَسْبِق |
 Bulgarian: предхождам |
 Brazilian: preceder |
 Czech: předejít |
 German: vorausgehen |
 Danish: gå foran; komme før |
 Greek: προηγούμαι |
 Spanish: preceder, anteceder |
 Estonian: eespool minema, eelnema |
 Farsi: مقدم بودن |
 Finnish: edeltää |
 French: précéder |
 Hebrew: לְהַקְדִים, לָבוֹא לִפנֵי |
 Hindi: से पहले आना या घटित होना |
 Croatian: predhoditi, imati prednos |
 Hungarian: megelőz |
 Indonesian: mendahului |
 Icelandic: vera/koma/faraá undan |
 Italian: precedere |
 Japanese: ～に先んずる |
 Korean: 선행하다 |
 Lithuanian: eiti/atsitikti pirma ko |
 Latvian: notikt iepriekš; iet pa p |
 Malay: mendahului |
 Dutch: voorgaan, voorafgaan aan |
 Norwegian: gå foran, skje forut for |
 Polish: poprzedzać |
 Persian: مقدم بودن |
 Pashto: مخكى اوسيدل |
 Portuguese: anteceder |
 Romanian: a preceda |
 Russian: быть впереди;предшествова |
 Slovak: predísť |
 Slovenian: iti pred kom; zgoditi se |
 Serbian: ići ispred |
 Swedish: gå före, föregå |
 Thai: อยู่ข้างหน้า |
 Turkish: önde gitmek |
 Taiwanese: 先於... |
 Ukrainian: бути попереду |
 Urdu: سبقت کرنا |
 Vietnamese: đi trước |
 Chinese: 先于... |
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