precede
verb (used with object)
to go before, as in place, order, rank, importance, or time.
will have preceded
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future perfectof precede.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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No doubt as a rule a private school will have preceded the public school, and this gradation should make the entrance to the public school a lesser ordeal.
From The Nervous Child by Hector Charles Cameron
