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Precede (Verb)

Meaning 1

Come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Synonyms

  • Predate

Related Words

  • Precedent (noun)
  • Precedent (adjective)
  • Precession (noun)

Meaning 2

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".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

  • Premise
  • Introduce
  • Preface

Hypernyms

  • Say
  • Tell

Hyponyms

  • Prologuize
  • Prologise

Meaning 3

Be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Synonyms

  • Predate
  • Antecede
  • Antedate
  • Forgo
  • Forego

Related Words

  • Precedent (noun)
  • Precedence (noun)
  • Precedent (adjective)
  • Precession (noun)
  • Precedency (noun)

Meaning 4

Move ahead (of others) in time or space.

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Synonyms

  • Lead

Antonyms

  • Follow

Hypernyms

  • Go
  • Locomote
  • Move

Hyponyms

  • Head

Related Words

  • Precedency (noun)

Meaning 5

Be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Synonyms

  • Come Before

Antonyms

  • Succeed

Related Words

  • Precedence (noun)
  • Precession (noun)
  • Predecessor (noun)
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