precede

Speech parts

1. precede - Noun

2. precede - Verb

Meaning

To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything.

To go before in place, rank, or importance.

To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used with by or with before the instrumental object.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lead forego antedate come before introduce premise preface forgo predate antecede herald leading head direct front
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Antonyms

succeed follow following approach balance attend
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Hypernyms

state move say travel tell lie

Hyponyms

head lead preamble prologize prologuize prologise

Derivatives

preceded preceding

Examples

Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. Alan Perlis

Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories. Elie Wiesel

Each heartfelt prayer, each Church meeting attended, each worthy friend, each righteous decision, each act of service perfomed all precede that goal of eternal life. Thomas S. Monson

The popular, and one may say naive, idea is that peace can be secured by disarmament and that disarmament must therefore precede the attainment of absolute security and lasting peace. Ludwig Quidde

Natural man did not precede society, nor is he outside it. Claude Lévi-Strauss

Advice should precede the act. German Proverb

Close letter words and terms

precedable precedaneous precedaneously precedence precedence effect precedence rule