precede

Plural: precedes

Verb

Verb Forms: preceded, preceding, precedes

• To go or come before something else.
• 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"
• To go before, go in front of.
• To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.
• To have higher rank than (someone or something else).

Noun

• Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)

Examples

• A good setup word should always PRECEDE a bingo play for maximum points.
• Cultural genocide precedes physical genocide.

Synonyms

antecede, antedate, come before, forego, forgo, introduce, lead, predate, preface, premise, precede

Antonyms

follow, postdate, succeed

Related Words

precedence, precedent, precess, precession, unprecedented