precede

[pre·cede]

To precede is to come before. A short speech will precede the dinner. As you walk down the garden path, the bed of roses precedes the holly bush. When marching into the room, the younger kids precede the older ones.

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

Verb
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"

Verb
move ahead (of others) in time or space

Verb
be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan''s husbands"

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come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"

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

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

v. t.
To go before in place, rank, or importance.

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

Precede

Pre*cede" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Preceding.] [L. praecedere, praecessum; prae before + cedere to go, to be in motion: cf. F. pr'82ceder. See Pre-, and Cede.] 1. To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything. "Harm precedes not sin." Milton. 2. To go before in place, rank, or importance. 3. To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used with by or with before the instrumental object. [R.]

It is usual to precede hostilities by a public declaration.

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

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Usage Examples

All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.

Strong convictions precede great actions.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

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.

Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary.

I think 99 percent of women's lib comes from technology making different kinds of lives possible, and then the social adjustment follows the technology - it doesn't precede it.

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.