English to English verb
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be earlier in time; go back further | | Example: Stone tools precede bronze tools
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come before | | Example: Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify
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3 |
be the predecessor of | | Example: Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands
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4 |
move ahead (of others) in time or space | | source: wordnet30
5 |
furnish with a preface or introduction | | Example: She always precedes her lectures with a joke He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution
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6 |
To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything. | | source: webster1913
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