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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.
The cat allowed me to precede him through the door.
Precede is the realizations of sequence -precede is coming before something else. Proceed is a verb with action - keep going.
An in depth discussion of the bill should precede our signing of it.