precede
[verb]
Synonyms: go before, antedate, come first, head, introduce, lead, preface

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Antonyms: follow, succeed
Contrasted words: ensue, supervene
Related Words: announce, foreshadow, harbinger, herald, presage

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

pre‧cede AC /prɪˈsiːd/ verb [transitive] formal
[Word Family: verb: precede; noun: precedent; adjective: preceding]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: précéder, from Latin praecedere 'to go in front']

1. to happen or exist before something or someone, or to come before something else in a series ⇒ preceding:
a type of cloud that precedes rain
Lunch will be preceded by a short speech from the chairman.

2. to go somewhere before someone else:
The guard preceded them down the corridor.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

precede
verb
ADV. directly, immediately in the moments which immediately preceded the earthquake

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