If one event or period of time precedes another, it happens before it. Intensive negotiations between the main parties preceded the vote The earthquake was preceded by a loud roar and lasted 20 seconds Industrial orders had already fallen in the preceding months
To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; used with by or with before the instrumental object
furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
A sentence, paragraph, or chapter that precedes another one comes just before it. Look at the information that precedes the paragraph in question Repeat the exercises described in the preceding section. follow
be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
to precede
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to pre·cede
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/tə prəˈsēd/ /tə prɪˈsiːd/
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[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.