precede
Etymology
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Etymology
From
precede (precedes, present participle preceding; simple past and past participle preceded)
- (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.
- (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.
- 1832, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law, Volume 1, page 52
- (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)
- Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)
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