Precede - Definition

v 1: be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede
bronze tools" [syn: predate, precede, forego,
forgo, antecede, antedate] [ant: follow,
postdate]
2: come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they
modify" [syn: precede, predate]
3: be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line
of Susan's husbands" [syn: precede, come before] [ant:
come after, follow, succeed]
4: move ahead (of others) in time or space [syn: precede,
lead] [ant: follow]
5: 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" [syn: precede,
preface, premise, introduce]