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precede
Meaning: to come before something in time, order, or position
precede in a sentence
How precede is used in real sentences:
A brief introduction will precede the guest speaker's talk.
A safety lesson will precede the lab experiment.
“A pressure change would precede each tiny bend in the steel, showing that moving air started the cycle.”
— from the passage The Singing Span
Synonyms for precede
Other words for precede — come before, go before and lead — carry the same meaning.
- come before
- go before
- lead
Antonyms of precede
Words that mean the opposite of precede:
- follow
- succeed
Where it comes from
From Latin praecedere 'to go before' (prae- 'before' + cedere 'to go').
Word parts
- ced/cess — go, yield
precede: pre- (before) + cede (go)
Memory hook
Pre- means before, so precede means go before.