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precede

/ precede /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
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"
Type of:
state say tell
Kinds of:
preamble prologize prologuize prologise
Derived:
foreword preface prolusion
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
move ahead (of others) in time or space
Opposites:
follow
Type of:
travel go move
Kinds of:
lead head
Derived:
precession precedence precedency
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 3
be the predecessor of
"Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan''s husbands"
Opposites:
succeed come after follow
Derived:
precession precedence precedency predecessor
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 4
come before
"Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
Type of:
lie
Derived:
precession precedence precedency precedent
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 5
be earlier in time; go back further
"Stone tools precede bronze tools"
Opposites:
postdate follow
Derived:
priority antecedence antecedency anteriority precedence
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
45%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
38
Times Searched
2
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state say tell preamble prologize prologuize prologise travel go move lead head