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postcede

postcede verb: to come after (something or someone).

Verb

postcede (third-person singular simple present postcedes, present participle postceding, simple past and past participle postceded)

  1. (formal, rare, transitive) To come after (something or someone).
    • Plans A-Y included such things as abruptly separating myself from her and indignantly explaining to her that I wasn't game for the hygienic ritual which would have to precede and postcede such an event2004, Todd Anderson, Being Good, iUniverse, Inc. - New York Lincoln Shanghai, page 5
    • Note that each sector is delineated by gaps in the recording, which precede and postcede the track and sector headers (where ID and address information resides).2003, Scott Mueller, Upgrading and Repairing PCs - 14th Edition, Que - 201 West 103rd Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46290, page 591
    Synonyms:
    succeed

Synonyms of postcede

Forms of postcede

third-person singular presentpostcedes
present participlepostceding
past participlepostceded
pastpostceded

Origin of postcede

Blend of post- + precede.

Questions about postcede

What does postcede mean?
Postcede means to come after (something or someone).
What part of speech is postcede?
Postcede is a verb.
What is the past tense of postcede?
The past tense of postcede is postceded.

Words near postcede in the dictionary

  1. postcaustic
  2. postcava
  3. postcavae
  4. postcaval
  5. postcavals
  6. postcede
  7. postceded
  8. postcedes
  9. postceding
  10. postcellularization
  11. postcementation

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