preceded

[pri-see-did] / prɪˈsi dɪd /

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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Most postwar recessions were preceded by oil price spikes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

That coincides with the stock’s high in February 2025, which preceded a sharp 25% tumble in less than two months.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

At the end of the fifth Test against Australia, it emerged Harry Brook was punched by a nightclub bouncer in Wellington on the white-ball tour of New Zealand that preceded the Ashes.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

But a rise in crude prices has also preceded nearly every recession in the past half-century.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

In modern Alexandria few people have a keen appreciation, much less a detailed knowledge, of the Alexandrian Library or of the great Egyptian civilization that preceded it for thousands of years.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan