Precede Definition & Meaning
precede
- verb
- be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
- come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
- be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
- 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"
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- What does precede mean?
- be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools" come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify" be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands" move ahead (of others) in time or space 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"
- What part of speech is precede?
- Precede is a verb.
- How many definitions does precede have?
- Precede has 5 definitions across 1 part of speech (verb).