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Quick definitions from WordNet (precede)
▸ verb: be the predecessor of ("Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands")
▸ verb: come before ("Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify")
▸ verb: furnish with a preface or introduction ("She always precedes her lectures with a joke")
▸ verb: move ahead (of others) in time or space
▸ verb: be earlier in time; go back further ("Stone tools precede bronze tools")
▸ Also see preceding
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to precede
▸ Usage examples for precede
▸ Words that often appear near precede
▸ Rhymes of precede
▸ Invented words related to precede
▸ verb: be the predecessor of ("Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands")
▸ verb: come before ("Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify")
▸ verb: furnish with a preface or introduction ("She always precedes her lectures with a joke")
▸ verb: move ahead (of others) in time or space
▸ verb: be earlier in time; go back further ("Stone tools precede bronze tools")
▸ Also see preceding
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to precede
▸ Usage examples for precede
▸ Words that often appear near precede
▸ Rhymes of precede
▸ Invented words related to precede