to precede
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4.1
- verb
- /prɪˈsiːd/
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preceder
- The opening ceremony will precede the start of the main event.
- often precede
- immediately precede
- typically precede
And yet the the passage that precedes this quote is this.
- And yet the the passage that precedes this quote is this.
- The treaty bodies actually precede the Human Rights Council.
- It precedes the onset of suicide attempt, and it precedes the suicide completion.
- Everything that happens has reasons, causes that preceded it, that made it happen.
- But that trip was preceded by a long gestation.
- In some languages, the verb precedes the noun I eat a fish.
- Was it preceded or set up by some additional state?
- So he says thus of two things, we call that one prior, which precedes an irreversible sequence.
- And also almost as an amends for the trauma that preceded it.
- Confusion is also something that precedes what I term self gaslighting.
- The idea that biology precedes language is called linguistic universalism.
- But even with that, even with that, there are so many steps preceding that and there are so many steps after.
- You act as if and he said that the compliance and the faith will precede the evidence.
Examples
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The most striking feature of the Irish Revolution in world terms is that the cultural revolution precedes the political revolution.
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My reputation precedes me.
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And in many instances, solutions may even precede the problem.
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The treaty bodies actually precede the Human Rights Council.
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Changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide never precede changes in air temperature.
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Everything that happens has reasons, causes that preceded it, that made it happen.
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I politely held the door for him and let him precede me up the three flights.
Fiction book (1990) -
Intention precedes feeling, but most people don't know that.
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Their intervention usually precedes that of social workers, who, in turn, depend on caregivers for information.
Academic text (2008) -
Apparently, the attack on Ewa preceded that at Pearl Harbor by about two minutes.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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1.0
To guide a group or be in charge
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3.6
To happen earlier than another thing in time or position
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5.8
To exist or happen before another thing
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6.9
To be present before a certain time or event
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7.2
To come before something in time
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6.0
To come before and introduce something larger
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8.7
To happen before another event or to put an earlier date on something
To happen before something else in time
To come before and show what will happen next
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Etymology
Precede comes from the Latin parts pre- 'before' and cedere 'to go', so it literally means to 'go before' something. You can see the same cedere root in proceed ('to go forward'), which helps explain why to precede is to come before in time, order, or place.