VERB | stative | precede, predate, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate | be earlier in time |
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stative | precede, predate | come before | |
social | precede, come before | be the predecessor of | |
motion | precede, lead | move ahead / ahead (of others) in time or space | |
communication | precede, preface, premise, introduce | furnish with a preface or introduction |
Sounds | prihsiy'd | |
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Rhymes | able-bodied ... worried: 105 rhymes with iyd... |
Meaning | Be earlier in time; go back further. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "Stone tools precede bronze tools" | |
Synonyms | predate, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate | |
Opposite | postdate, follow | Be later in time |
Spanish | anteceder, preceder | |
Catalan | antecedir, precedir | |
Adjectives | precedent | preceding in time, order, or significance |
Nouns | precedence, precedency | preceding in time |
precedent | an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time | |
precession | the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) |
Meaning | come before. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify" | |
Synonym | predate | |
Broader | lie | Be located or situated somewhere |
Spanish | anteceder, antedatar, preceder | |
Catalan | precedir | |
Adjectives | precedent | preceding in time, order, or significance |
Nouns | precedent | a subject / subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time) |
precession | the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) |
Meaning | Be the predecessor of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands" | |
Synonym | come before | |
Opposite | succeed, come after, follow | Be the successor (of) |
Spanish | preceder | |
Catalan | precedir | |
Nouns | precession, precedence | the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) |
predecessor | one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office) |
Meaning | Move ahead / ahead (of others) in time or space. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Synonym | lead | |
Narrower | lead, head | Travel in front of |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
Opposite | follow | To travel behind, go after, come after |
Spanish | anteceder, preceder | |
Catalan | precedir | |
Nouns | precedency | the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) |
Meaning | Furnish with a preface or introduction. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "She always precedes her lectures with a joke" | |
Synonyms | preface, premise, introduce | |
Narrower | preamble | make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal document |
prologize, prologuize, prologise | Write or speak a prologue | |
Broader | state, say, tell | Express in words / words |
Spanish | anteceder, comenzar, introducer, introducir, preceder |
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