"precede" meaning in English

See precede in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɹɪˈsiːd/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /pɹiːˈsiːd/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /pɹəˈsiːd/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-precede.wav Forms: precedes [plural]
Rhymes: -iːd Etymology: From Middle French précéder, from Latin praecēdō, from prae- + cēdō. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|précéder}} Middle French précéder, {{uder|en|la|praecēdō}} Latin praecēdō Head templates: {{en-noun}} precede (plural precedes)
  1. Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)
    Sense id: en-precede-en-noun-BUA8k-Ry
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: præcede [archaic]

Verb

IPA: /pɹɪˈsiːd/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /pɹiːˈsiːd/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /pɹəˈsiːd/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-precede.wav Forms: precedes [present, singular, third-person], preceding [participle, present], preceded [participle, past], preceded [past]
Rhymes: -iːd Etymology: From Middle French précéder, from Latin praecēdō, from prae- + cēdō. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|précéder}} Middle French précéder, {{uder|en|la|praecēdō}} Latin praecēdō Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Synonyms (go before): forego Translations (go before, go in front of): ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai) (Ancient Greek), سَبَقَ (sabaqa) (Arabic), سَلَفَ (salafa) (Arabic), قَدَمَ (qadama) (Arabic), تَقَدَّمَ (taqaddama) (Arabic), предшествам (predšestvam) (Bulgarian), precedir (Catalan), předcházet [imperfective] (Czech), voorafgaan (Dutch), laten voorbijgaan (Dutch), passen (Dutch), antaŭiri (Esperanto), kulkea edellä (Finnish), edeltää (Finnish), précéder (French), vorangehen (German), vorausgehen (German), προηγούμαι (proïgoúmai) (Greek), memasrahkan (Indonesian), precedere (Italian), 先んずる (sakinzuru) (alt: さきんずる) (Japanese), praecēdō (Latin), praeveniō (Latin), precedir (Occitan), davantejar (Occitan), poprzedzać [imperfective] (Polish), poprzedzić [perfective] (Polish), preceder (Portuguese), anteceder (Portuguese), preceda (Romanian), предше́ствовать (predšéstvovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), prethoditi (Serbo-Croatian), претходити (Serbo-Croatian), preceder (Spanish), anteceder (Spanish), kutangulia (Swahili), önce gelmek (Turkish), önce gitmek (Turkish), передува́ти (pereduváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-precede-en-verb-pRuJVM9U Disambiguation of 'go before': 98 0 2 Disambiguation of 'go before, go in front of': 97 2 1
  2. (transitive) To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce. Tags: transitive
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  3. (transitive) To have higher rank than (someone or something else). Tags: transitive Translations (have higher rank than): превъзхождам (prevǎzhoždam) (Bulgarian), ylittää tärkeydessä (Finnish), olla tärkeämpi (Finnish), olla ylempiarvoinen (Finnish), précéder (French), megelőz (Hungarian), preceder (Portuguese), preceda (Romanian), превосходи́ть (prevosxodítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-precede-en-verb-y2YO-LwA Disambiguation of 'have higher rank than': 8 5 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: præcede [archaic], antecede, come before, precede Hyponyms: pioneer, predate Related terms: precedence, precedent, precess, precession, unprecedented

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Cultural genocide precedes physical genocide.",
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          "ref": "1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:",
          "text": "But harm precedes not sin: onely our Foe / Tempting affronts us with his foul esteem / Of our integritie",
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          "ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV:",
          "text": "This is the custom of sending on a basket-woman, who is to precede the pomp at a coronation, and to strew the stage with flowers, before the great personages begin their procession.",
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          "ref": "1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 102:",
          "text": "An interesting feature in the weeks preceding the diversions was the provision of a road-learning train to familiarise main line drivers with the alternative route.",
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          "ref": "1832, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law, Volume 1, page 52",
          "text": "It has been usual to precede hostilities by a public declaration communicated to the enemy."
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        "(transitive) To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce."
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      "word": "先んずる"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "ylittää tärkeydessä"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "превосходи́ть"
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "précéder"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French précéder",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "praecēdō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin praecēdō",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle French précéder, from Latin praecēdō, from prae- + cēdō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "precedes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "precede (plural precedes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹɪˈsiːd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹiːˈsiːd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹəˈsiːd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "proceed (only with the pronunciation /pɹəˈsiːd/)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːd"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "præcede"
    }
  ],
  "word": "precede"
}

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