Precedes

In English the verb precedes the object.

Lightning precedes thunder.

The flash of lightning precedes the sound of thunder.

The best way to catch a train on time is to make sure to miss the one that precedes it.

Existence precedes essence.

Your reputation precedes you.

The word "ba'e" emphasizes the word that follows it, rather than what precedes it.

In most sentences, the subject precedes the object.

The past participle must agree with the direct object if the direct object precedes it.

The countryside was bleak, inspiring in him the thought that there are two kinds of desolation; the one that precedes the coming of Man, and the one which he knows only too well how to create wherever he goes.