precede

v., -ced·ed, -ced·ing, -cedes.

v.tr.

1. To come, exist, or occur before in time.
2. To come before in order or rank; surpass or outrank.
3. To be in a position in front of; go in advance of.
4. To preface; introduce: preceded her lecture with a funny anecdote.

v.intr.
To come or go before in time, order, rank, or position.

[Middle English preceden, from Old French preceder, from Latin praecēdere : prae-, pre- + cēdere, to go.]

verb

1. To come, exist, or occur before in time: antecede, antedate, predate. See precede/follow.
2. To begin (something) with preliminary or prefatory material: introduce, lead, preface, usher in. See start/end, words.

v

Definition: go ahead of in space, time, order
Antonyms: follow, go after, succeed

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IN BRIEF: To go or come before in time, order, or rank.

Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it. — Stephen Covey

Tutor's tip: A word that is similar to "precede" which means to go before is"proceed" which means to begin,.

Common misspelling(s) of precede

• procede
• preceed

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - gå forud for, have forrang for
v. intr. - komme først

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorafgaan aan, voorrang hebben, prioriteit genieten

Français (French)
v. tr. - précéder
v. intr. - précéder, pré-exister

Deutsch (German)
v. - rangieren vor, vorangehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προηγούμαι, προπορεύομαι

Italiano (Italian)
avere la precedenza, precedere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - preceder

Русский (Russian)
предшествовать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - preceder, anteceder a
v. intr. - preceder, anteceder a

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - gå framför, föregå, inleda, komma före

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
在...之前, 较...优先, 优于, 处在前面, 领先

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 在...之前, 較...優先, 優於
v. intr. - 處在前面, 領先

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~에선행하다, ~에앞서다
v. intr. - 앞서다, 선행하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 先に立つ, 先んずる, 上席に着く, 前に置く, 先立つ, 先行する, 優先する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسبق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הקדים‬
v. intr. - ‮קדם, הלך לפני, בא לפני‬

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