Precede

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  • intransitive verb. To come, exist, or occur before in time.
  • intransitive verb. To be in front of or prior to in order.
  • intransitive verb. To go in advance of.
  • intransitive verb. To preface; introduce.
  • intransitive verb. To be before in time, order, or position.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To go before in place; walk in front of; advance before; hence, specifically, to go before in rank or importance; take precedence of.
  • To go before in the order of time; occur or take place before; exist before.
  • To put something before; preface; introduce as by a preface or prelude.
  • To go before in place; walk in front; specifically, to take precedence; have superior authority; hence, to prevail.
  • To come first in the order of time; occur or exist previously.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything.
  • transitive verb. To go before in place, rank, or importance.
  • transitive verb. To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used with by or with before the instrumental object.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To go before, go in front of.
  • verb. To have higher rank than (someone or something else).
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. be earlier in time; go back further
  • verb. move ahead (of others) in time or space
  • verb. be the predecessor of
  • verb. furnish with a preface or introduction
  • verb. come before
    • Word Usage
    "The poured-out bottle might suggest that he thought of me as a pocket-sized prohibitionist minister, a vocation he respected; but the nickname may precede my fears."
    cross-reference
    antedate  preface  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    lie  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aristide  Bede  Ede  Gilead  Mead  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    '/'  agentive  associational  case?  cash-flow  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    announce  antecede  antedate  anticipate  be before  
    verb-form
    preceded  precedes  preceding  
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