precede

American  

[pri-seed] / prɪˈsid /

verb (used with object)

preceded, preceding

1. to go before, as in place, order, rank, importance, or time.

2. to introduce by something preliminary; preface.

   to precede one's statement with a qualification.

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verb (used without object)

preceded, preceding

1. to go or come before.

noun

1. Journalism. copy printed at the beginning of a news story presenting late bulletins, editorial notes, or prefatory remarks.

precede British  

/ prɪˈsiːd /

verb

1. to go or be before (someone or something) in time, place, rank, etc

2. (tr) to preface or introduce

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Other Word Forms

• precedable adjective

Etymology

Origin of precede

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English preceden, from Latin praecēdere; pre-, cede

Example Sentences

A European 10,000m bronze in the summer of 2024 preceded Olympic and World Championship appearances over the same distance, earning her British Athletics funding for the first time.

From BBC

England's Harry Brook has apologised after being involved in an altercation with a nightclub bouncer the night before a one-day international on the tour of New Zealand that preceded the Ashes.

From BBC

That begins with the T20 World Cup and a preceding white-ball tour of Sri Lanka, which starts in just two weeks' time.

From BBC

Tweedy, Browne provided a list of companies whose stocks were trading at trailing price/earnings ratios above 40 and that had been buying back shares over the preceding 12 months.

From MarketWatch

The remaining participants showed signs of early cognitive decline, including mild cognitive impairment, a condition that often precedes dementia.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• anticipate
• foreshadow
• predate
• presage