Meaning & use
precedes
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Comes before something else in time, order, or position.
See it in a sentence
A moment of silence precedes the start of the ceremony every year.
In the alphabet, the letter C precedes D.
A note on using this word
The third-person singular form of "precede," from Latin "praecedere," meaning "to go before."
Words with a similar meaning
forerunpredates
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Words with an opposite meaning
followssucceeds
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