Definitions

precede

[pri-seed] / prɪˈsid /

VERB

go ahead of

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anticipate foreshadow predate presage

STRONG

antecede antedate guide harbinger head herald introduce lead outrank pace pioneer preexist preface rank scout time usher

WEAK

be ahead of come first forerun go before go in advance have a head start head up in space light the way pave the way ring in run ahead take precedence

Antonyms

STRONG

end finish follow obey

WEAK

go after

Example Sentences

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The guides and trailers, weird in war's array, Precede the troops along the grassy way.

From Custer, and Other Poems. by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler

Precede, pre-sēd′, v.t. to go before in time, rank, or importance.—v.i. to be before in time, or place.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Destructive flames in mad career Precede Thy thunders on their way; Yet, Lord, Thy messengers revere The soft mutations of Thy day.

From The Poems of Goethe Translated in the original metres by Bowring, Edgar Alfred

"Precede me to the Palace, Father Benedict," he said.

From The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century by Barclay, Florence L. (Florence Louisa)

Precede me and I will show you to where Ko-tan, the king, awaits you, trembling.

From Tarzan the Terrible by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

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