precede
/pɹɪˈsiːd/US/pɹɪˈsid/
precede verb: to go before, go in front of.
Verb
precede (third-person singular simple present precedes, present participle preceding, simple past and past participle preceded)
- To go before, go in front of.
- Cultural genocide precedes physical genocide.
- But harm precedes not sin: onely our Foe / Tempting affronts us with his foul esteem / Of our integritie1667, 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...
- Synonyms:
- forego
- To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.
- 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
- To have higher rank than (someone or something else).
Noun
precede (plural precedes)
- Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay).
precede meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
precede in Tamil
- முன்செல்
precede in Urdu
- آگے چلنا, سبقت لینا, تقدیم کرنا
precede in Bengali
- পূর্ববর্তী হওয়া, আগে আসা
precede in Malayalam
- ആദ്യമുണ്ടാകുക, പുരസ്കരിക്കുക, മുമ്പേ ഉണ്ടാകുക, മുന്നിടുക
More languagesFewer languages
- precede in Kannada
- ನೋಳು, ಮುಂಚು
- precede in Arabic
- سَبَقَ sabaqa, سَلَفَ salafa, قَدَمَ qadama, تَقَدَّمَ taqaddama
- precede in Indonesian
- memasrahkan
- precede in Persian
- پیشرفتن pišraftan
Examples of precede in a sentence
- It could indeed be argued that, in significant literary history, the anti-novel preceded the novel.
- The rumblings of the masses precede the crumbling of the state.
- The extreme February temperatures in eastern China were preceded by a pair of national records in Mongolia.
Synonyms of precede
Antonyms
Forms of precede
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | precedes |
| present participle | preceding |
| past participle | preceded |
| past | preceded |
| alternative form | præcede |
| Noun | |
| plural | precedes |
Origin of precede
From Middle French précéder, from Latin praecēdō, from prae- + cēdō.
Words formed from precede
Words that rhyme with precede
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- weed
- proceed
- stampede
- concede
- accede
- deed
- exceed
- need
- bede
- knead
- mislead
- plead
- rede
- swede
- cede
- creed
- godspeed
- heed
- intercede
- keyed
- leed
- meed
- recede
- tumbleweed
- a friend in need is a friend indeed
- beread
- greed
- he'd
- indeed
- interbreed
- kneed
- mead
- secede
- she'd
- sneed
- steed
- supersede
- underfeed
- we'd
- ye'd
- agreed
- anasheed
- aniseed
- atheed
- caid
- co-feed
- cofeed
- counterplead
Questions about precede
- What does precede mean?
- Precede means to go before, go in front of.
- What is precede in Tamil?
- Precede in Tamil is முன்செல். See Precede meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is precede?
- Precede can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce precede?
- Precede is pronounced /pɹɪˈsiːd/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of precede?
- The past tense of precede is preceded.
Words near precede in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: precede (page history and authors); precede (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); precede (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); precede (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); precede (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); precede (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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