Precede (Verb)
Meaning 1
Come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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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".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 3
Be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 4
Move ahead (of others) in time or space.
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 5
Be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.