precede

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See also: precedé, précède, and précédé

English

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Etymology

From Middle French précéder, from Latin praecēdō, from prae- + cēdō.

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Verb

precede (third-person singular simple present precedes, present participle preceding, simple past and past participle preceded)

  1. (transitive) To go before, go in front of.
    Cultural genocide precedes physical genocide.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. , London: [Samuel Simmons], , →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873, →OCLC:
      But harm precedes not sin: onely our Foe / Tempting affronts us with his foul esteem / Of our integritie
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A Millar, , →OCLC, book IV:
      This is the custom of sending on a basket-woman, who is to precede the pomp at a coronation, and to strew the stage with flowers, before the great personages begin their procession.
    • 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 102:
      An interesting feature in the weeks preceding the diversions was the provision of a road-learning train to familiarise main line drivers with the alternative route.
  2. (transitive) To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.
  3. (transitive) To have higher rank than (someone or something else).

Usage notes

  • Not to be confused with proceed.
  • This word is commonly misspelt as preceed.

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Noun

precede (plural precedes)

  1. Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /preˈt͡ʃɛ.de/
  • Rhymes: -ɛde
  • Hyphenation: pre‧cè‧de

Verb

precede

  1. third-person singular present indicative of precedere

Portuguese

Verb

precede

  1. inflection of preceder:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praecedere, present active infinitive of praecedō.

Pronunciation

Verb

a precede (third-person singular present precede, past participle preces) 3rd conj.

  1. to precede

Conjugation

References

  • MDA2 via DEX

Spanish

Verb

precede

  1. inflection of preceder:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative