1. precede - verb
· be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
Synonym(s): predate, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate
2. precede - verb
· come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
Synonym(s): predate
Hypernym(s): lie
3. precede - verb
· be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
Synonym(s): come_before
Antonym(s): succeed
4. precede - verb
· move ahead (of others) in time or space
Synonym(s): lead
Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote
Antonym(s): follow
5. precede - verb
· furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
Synonym(s): preface, premise, introduce
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