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preceed

preceed is the misspelling of precede.

Meaning of precede

Verb

precede (third-person singular simple present precedes, present participle preceding, simple past and past participle preceded)

  1. (transitive) To go before, go in front of.
    • Cultural genocide precedes physical genocide.
    Synonyms:
    forego
  2. (transitive) 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
  3. (transitive) To have higher rank than (someone or something else).

See all 4 meanings of precede

Origin of preceed

Misspelling of precede with analogy from (near-)homophone proceed.

Questions about preceed

What is preceed the misspelling of?
Preceed is the misspelling of precede.

Words near preceed in the dictionary

  1. precedes
  2. precedest
  3. precedeth
  4. preceding
  5. precedingly
  6. preceed
  7. preceeding
  8. precel
  9. precelebrate
  10. precelebrated
  11. precelebrates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preceed (page history and authors); precede (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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