precede

UK/pɹɪˈsiːd/US/pɹɪˈsid/

verbB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,194 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: preceding, preceded, precedes

To precede is to come before something in time or order. Precede the meeting, as the figures preceding show, preceded by a warning.

It is formal and it is used most in writing about sequence — the preceding paragraph, the years preceding the war. Note proceed, which sounds similar and means to go forward: the two are confused in writing constantly. The Latin is prae plus cedere, to go before.

Definitions of precede

1verbprecedeTo come before something in time or order.B2+
“A short speech by the mayor will precede the fireworks.”

precede is a coming before.

Where it comes from

Latin praecedere is prae plus cedere, to go. Proceed, concede and cede come from the same going.

Latin
praecēdō
Middle French
précéder
English, today
precede

From Middle French précéder, from Latin praecēdō, from prae- + cēdō.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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precede in the wild

One or both of these expansions often precede opinions about law.
IANAL
The landing helicopter assault (LHA) is a similar USN hull classification with two classes that both precede and follow the ships classed LHD.
Landing helicopter dock
On the floor, a gymnast may precede a cartwheel with other movements, as in a chasse cartwheel, which begins with side-step "gallops".
Cartwheel (gymnastics)
An oops may precede a kernel panic, but it may also allow continued operation with compromised reliability.
Linux kernel oops
The definite article "the" should always precede "Reverend" when used before a name (e.g., the Very Rev.
The Very Reverend

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Related words

the praecēdō family

precedent unprecedented

precede — used about once every 12,385 pages · #12,194 · point at the bar for the others

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