precede
noun
1. Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)
verb
1. be earlier in time; go back further
- Stone tools precede bronze tools
Similar word(s): antecede, antedate, forego, forgo, predate
Definition categories: stative
2. come before
- Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify
Similar word(s): predate
Definition categories: stative, lie
3. be the predecessor of
- Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands
Definition categories: social
4. move ahead (of others) in time or space
Similar word(s): lead
Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel
5. 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
Similar word(s): introduce, preface, premise
Definition categories: communication, say, state, tell