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Only one of the words mentioned has a long e sound. The word with the long E sound is precede.
The word precede (pree-SEED) has two long E sounds.
By sound, most long vowels say their names (A, E, I, O, and OO/YOO). Often a long vowel will precede a consonant-E (silent E) at the end of a word (came, late, note) but there are several exceptions (give, have, come, some).
Precede is a verb.
There is no homophone for the word precede.
The bits of song that precede each essay in The Souls of Black Folk are called epigraphs. An epigraph is a short quotation that opens the beginning of a chapter or a book. Usually the epigraph will suggest the theme of the following chapter.
No, precede is a verb.
Precede Obviously!
Her shower should precede going to bed. Precede describes something that comes before another thing in time or in order.
Precede is the realizations of sequence -precede is coming before something else. Proceed is a verb with action - keep going.
The noun forms of the verb to precede are precedence, precedent, and the gerund, preceding.
An in depth discussion of the bill should precede our signing of it.