In Asia men usually precede women when walking.
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Precede
//pɹɪˈsiːd//
Synonyms for "precede" (79 found)
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Related words (39)
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15 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἡγέομαι verb (go before, go in front of)
Arabic
4 entries- تَقَدَّمَ verb (go before, go in front of)
- سَبَقَ verb (go before, go in front of)
- سَلَفَ verb (go before, go in front of)
- قَدَمَ verb (go before, go in front of)
Bulgarian
2 entries- превъзхождам verb (have higher rank than)
- предшествам verb (go before, go in front of)
Catalan
1 entries- precedir verb (go before, go in front of)
Czech
1 entries- předcházet verb (go before, go in front of)
Dutch
3 entries- laten voorbijgaan verb (go before, go in front of)
- passen verb (go before, go in front of)
- voorafgaan verb (go before, go in front of)
Esperanto
1 entries- antaŭiri verb (go before, go in front of)
Finnish
4 entries- edeltää verb (go before, go in front of)
- kulkea edellä verb (go before, go in front of)
- olla tärkeämpi verb (have higher rank than)
- olla ylempiarvoinen verb (have higher rank than)
French
2 entries- précéder verb (go before, go in front of)
- précéder verb (have higher rank than)
German
2 entries- vorangehen verb (go before, go in front of)
- vorausgehen verb (go before, go in front of)
Greek
1 entries- προηγούμαι verb (go before, go in front of)
Hungarian
1 entries- megelőz verb (have higher rank than)
Indonesian
1 entries- memasrahkan verb (go before, go in front of)
Italian
1 entries- precedere verb (go before, go in front of)
Japanese
1 entries- 先んずる verb (go before, go in front of)
Latin
2 entries- praecēdō verb (go before, go in front of)
- praeveniō verb (go before, go in front of)
Occitan
2 entries- davantejar verb (go before, go in front of)
- precedir verb (go before, go in front of)
Persian
1 entries- پیشرفتن verb (go before, go in front of)
Polish
2 entries- poprzedzać verb (go before, go in front of)
- poprzedzić verb (go before, go in front of)
Portuguese
3 entries- anteceder verb (go before, go in front of)
- preceder verb (go before, go in front of)
- preceder verb (have higher rank than)
Romanian
2 entries- preceda verb (go before, go in front of)
- preceda verb (have higher rank than)
Russian
2 entries- превосходи́ть verb (have higher rank than)
- предше́ствовать verb (go before, go in front of)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- prethoditi verb (go before, go in front of)
- претходити verb (go before, go in front of)
Spanish
2 entries- antepasar (desus.) verb (go before, go in front of)
- preceder verb (go before, go in front of)
Swahili
1 entries- kutangulia verb (go before, go in front of)
Turkish
2 entries- önce gelmek verb (go before, go in front of)
- önce gitmek verb (go before, go in front of)
Ukrainian
1 entries- передува́ти verb (go before, go in front of)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Each number in the Fibonacci sequence is the sum of the two numbers that precede it.
Source: tatoeba (7264497)
The mind’s thoughts precede actions, guide them and make them. For someone, therefore, who speaks or acts with evil mind, suffering ensues, just as a cartwheel follows the path of the draft-ox.
Source: tatoeba (8117150)
Words that don't precede actions are worthless.
Source: tatoeba (9056509)
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