Dramatic Overture
Yes--in that it is a constant that typically precedes a variable.
Thursday precedes Friday.
Eta precedes theta.
god is always with me. Wherever I go, he Precedes.
The "family" precedes the "genus".
Precedes.
Outlining immediately precedes drafting.
109 precedes 113 in the list of prime numbers.
In Freytag's Pyramid, rising action usually precedes other plot events. This is where the story builds tension, develops the conflict, and leads up to the climax. Rising action typically includes events that complicate the main conflict and propel the story forward.
"My reputation precedes me" is a sentence, i.e., it contains a subject and a verb.
The fluid that precedes urine in the nephron is called tubular fluid.
In simplest terms, the definition of precedes is to come before something else. This definition can be extended to mean that something 'precedes' in importance or order over another thing.