From , from , from prae- + cēdō.

• (America, RP) IPA: /pɹɪˈsiːd/, /pɹiːˈsiːd/, /pɹəˈsiːd/

precede (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], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →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, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] 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.

2. (transitive) To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.
   • 1832, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law, Volume 1, page 52

     It has been usual to precede hostilities by a public declaration communicated to the enemy.

3. (transitive) To have higher rank than (someone or something else).

• (go before) forego; see also Thesaurus:precede

• (antonym(s) of “go before”): succeed; see also Thesaurus:succeed

• French: précéder
• German: vorangehen, vorausgehen
• Italian: precedere
• Portuguese: preceder, anteceder
• Russian: предше́ствовать
• Spanish: preceder, anteceder

• French: précéder
• Portuguese: preceder
• Russian: превосходи́ть

precede (plural precedes)

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