verb (written)
1 to happen before sth or come before sth/sb in order:
[VN] the years preceding the war * His resignation was preceded by weeks of speculation. * She preceded me in the job. * [V] See the preceding chapter. * It had happened during the preceding year.
2 [VN+adv./prep.] to go in front of sb:
She preceded him out of the room.
PHRASALVERBS
precede sth with sth to do or say sth to introduce sth else:
She preceded her speech with a vote of thanks to the committee.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for precede is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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