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To precede is defined as to go before or introduce.

(verb)

An example of to precede is to be the first in line.
An example of to precede is to publicly welcome a speaker at an event.

See precede in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb preceded, preceding

to be, come, or go before in time, place, order, rank, or importance
to introduce with prefatory remarks, etc.

Origin: ME preceden < MFr précéder < L praecedere: see pre- & cede

intransitive verb

to be, come, or go before

See precede in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb pre·ced·ed, pre·ced·ing, pre·cedes

verb, transitive

To come, exist, or occur before in time.
To come before in order or rank; surpass or outrank.
To be in a position in front of; go in advance of.
To preface; introduce: preceded her lecture with a funny anecdote.

verb, intransitive

To come or go before in time, order, rank, or position.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English preceden

Origin: , from Old French preceder

Origin: , from Latin praecēdere

Origin: : prae-, pre-

Origin: + cēdere, to go; see ked- in Indo-European roots

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