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Precede

//pɹɪˈsiːd// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay).
Verb
  1. 1
    To go before, go in front of. transitive

    "Cultural genocide precedes physical genocide."

  2. 2
    furnish with a preface or introduction wordnet
  3. 3
    To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce. transitive

    "It has been usual to precede hostilities by a public declaration communicated to the enemy."

  4. 4
    move ahead (of others) in time or space wordnet
  5. 5
    To have higher rank than (someone or something else). transitive
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  1. 6
    be the predecessor of wordnet
  2. 7
    come before wordnet
  3. 8
    be earlier in time; go back further wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French précéder, from Latin praecēdō, from prae- + cēdō.

Etymology 2

From Middle French précéder, from Latin praecēdō, from prae- + cēdō.

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