precede
11PRECEDE — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index precede noun ancestor (2), ancestry, façade, face (2), front, future, lead, leader, precedence adjective …
12precede — [[t]prɪsi͟ːd[/t]] precedes, preceding, preceded 1) VERB If one event or period of time precedes another, it happens before it. [FORMAL] [V n] Intensive negotiations between the main parties preceded the vote... [be V ed by n] The earthquake was… …
13precede */*/ — UK [prɪˈsiːd] / US [prɪˈsɪd] verb [transitive] Word forms precede : present tense I/you/we/they precede he/she/it precedes present participle preceding past tense preceded past participle preceded 1) a) to happen or exist before another person or …
14precede — v.tr. 1 a come or go before in time, order, importance, etc. (preceding generations; the preceding paragraph; sons of barons precede baronets). b walk etc. in front of (preceded by our guide). 2 (foll. by by) cause to be preceded (must precede… …
15precede — precedable, adj. /pri seed /, v., preceded, preceding, n. v.t. 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. v.i. 3. to go or… …
16precede — See precede, proceed …
17precede — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. go before, come first, be ahead of, take precedence over, preface, introduce, usher in, ring in, herald, forerun, antecede, head, lead, run ahead, go ahead, scout, light the way, go in advance, come before, antedate, come… …
18precede — [14] Precede is one of a large family of English words (including concede, proceed, succeed, and of course cede) which go back ultimately to Latin cēdere ‘go away, withdraw, yield’. In this case the ancestor was Latin praecēdere ‘go before’, a… …
19precede — verb come or go before in time, order, or position. ↘(precede something with) preface something with. Derivatives preceding adjective Origin ME: from OFr. preceder, from L. praecedere, from prae before + cedere go …
20precede — [c]/priˈsid / (say pree seed) verb (preceded, preceding) –verb (t) 1. to go before, as in place, order, rank, importance, or time. 2. to introduce by something preliminary; preface. –verb (i) 3. to go or come before. {Middle English precede(n),… …
