"devancer" meaning in French

See devancer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /də.vɑ̃.se/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-devancer.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-devancer.wav
Etymology: From devant. Head templates: {{fr-verb}} devancer Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], devancer [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], devançant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], devancé [participle, past], devance [first-person, indicative, present, singular], devances [indicative, present, second-person, singular], devance [indicative, present, singular, third-person], devançons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], devancez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], devancent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], devançais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], devançais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], devançait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], devancions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], devanciez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], devançaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], devançai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], devanças [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], devança [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], devançâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], devançâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], devancèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], devancerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], devanceras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], devancera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], devancerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], devancerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], devanceront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], devancerais [conditional, first-person, singular], devancerais [conditional, second-person, singular], devancerait [conditional, singular, third-person], devancerions [conditional, first-person, plural], devanceriez [conditional, plural, second-person], devanceraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], devance [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], devances [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], devance [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], devancions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], devanciez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], devancent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], devançasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], devançasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], devançât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], devançassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], devançassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], devançassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], devance [imperative, second-person, singular], devançons [first-person, imperative, plural], devancez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (transitive) to overtake, to get ahead, to surpass Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-devancer-fr-verb-ugtbzt8X Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -cer, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 51 25 3 21 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -cer: 35 21 20 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 25 3 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 26 3 21
  2. (transitive) to arrive earlier than (someone), to do (something before somebody else), to beat to the punch Tags: transitive Synonyms: prendre de court, coiffer sur le poteau
    Sense id: en-devancer-fr-verb-MhGO-Kt-
  3. (transitive) to precede, to be ahead of (something in a list) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-devancer-fr-verb-xI4FiczF
  4. to anticipate, to pre-empt
    Sense id: en-devancer-fr-verb-7DdAjbDP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: devancement, devancier

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_text": "From devant.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devancer",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devançant",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayant + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devancé",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.se/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devance",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃s/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devances",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃s/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devance",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃s/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devançons",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devancez",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.se/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devancent",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃s/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devançais",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devançais",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devançait",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devancions",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devanciez",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devançaient",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devançai",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.se/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devanças",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devança",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devançâmes",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devançâtes",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devancèrent",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devancerai",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devanceras",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devancera",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devancerons",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devancerez",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devanceront",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devancerais",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devancerais",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devancerait",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devancerions",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devanceriez",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sə.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devanceraient",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devance",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃s/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devances",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃s/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devance",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃s/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devancions",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devanciez",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devancent",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃s/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devançasse",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devançasses",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devançât",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devançassions",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devançassiez",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sa.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devançassent",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devance",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃s/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devançons",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.sɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devancez",
      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.se/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "devancer",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "devancement"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "devancier"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 25 3 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 21 20 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French verbs with conjugation -cer",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 26 3 21",
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          "parents": [],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to overtake, to get ahead, to surpass"
      ],
      "id": "en-devancer-fr-verb-ugtbzt8X",
      "links": [
        [
          "overtake",
          "overtake"
        ],
        [
          "surpass",
          "surpass"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to overtake, to get ahead, to surpass"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to arrive earlier than (someone), to do (something before somebody else), to beat to the punch"
      ],
      "id": "en-devancer-fr-verb-MhGO-Kt-",
      "links": [
        [
          "arrive",
          "arrive"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ],
        [
          "beat to the punch",
          "beat to the punch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to arrive earlier than (someone), to do (something before somebody else), to beat to the punch"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "prendre de court"
        },
        {
          "word": "coiffer sur le poteau"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to precede, to be ahead of (something in a list)"
      ],
      "id": "en-devancer-fr-verb-xI4FiczF",
      "links": [
        [
          "precede",
          "precede"
        ],
        [
          "ahead",
          "ahead"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to precede, to be ahead of (something in a list)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to anticipate, to pre-empt"
      ],
      "id": "en-devancer-fr-verb-7DdAjbDP",
      "links": [
        [
          "anticipate",
          "anticipate"
        ],
        [
          "pre-empt",
          "pre-empt"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃.se/"
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        "to arrive earlier than (someone), to do (something before somebody else), to beat to the punch"
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        "(transitive) to arrive earlier than (someone), to do (something before somebody else), to beat to the punch"
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        "(transitive) to precede, to be ahead of (something in a list)"
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        "to anticipate, to pre-empt"
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}

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