Meaning & use
Preceded
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Came, happened, or existed before something else in time or order.
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A brief thunderstorm preceded the arrival of cooler weather.
Her career as a novelist was preceded by years working as a journalist.
A note on using this word
"Preceded" is the past tense of "precede," from Latin prae- ("before") and cedere ("to go").
Words with a similar meaning
preexistedpredated
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Words with an opposite meaning
followedsucceeded
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