American English pronunciation
How to pronounce precedes
IPA transcription: [pɹɪ'sidz]
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Verb
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be earlier in time; go back further
“Stone tools precede bronze tools”
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come before
“Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify”
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be the predecessor of
“Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands”
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move ahead (of others) in time or space
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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”
Usage examples
- This is the meaning of "existence precedes essence" in Sartre's existentialism.
- Though "victory disease" does not inevitably foretell defeat, it often precedes it.
- Similarly, languages often avoid configurations where a semivowel precedes its corresponding vowel.
- A cause precedes its effect: the causal event occurs before the event it affects.
- It follows Kislev and precedes Shevat.
- It follows the Prairial and precedes the Thermidor.
- Per Bajoran custom, her family name, Kira, precedes her given name, Nerys.