PRECEDE

• (verb) 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"

  synonyms : introduce , preface , premise

• (verb) move ahead (of others) in time or space

  synonyms : lead

• (verb) be the predecessor of

  "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"

  synonyms : come before

• (verb) come before

  "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"

  synonyms : predate

• (verb) be earlier in time; go back further

  "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

  synonyms : antecede , antedate , forego , forgo , predate

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