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precede

See also: precedé, précède, and précédé

English

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Etymology

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From Middle French précéder, from Latin praecēdō, from prae- + cēdō.

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precede (third-person singular simple present precedes, present participle preceding, simple past and past participle preceded)

  1. (transitive) To go before, go in front of.
    Cultural genocide precedes physical genocide.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
      But harm precedes not sin: onely our Foe / Tempting affronts us with his foul esteem / Of our integritie
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV:
      This is the custom of sending on a basket-woman, who is to precede the pomp at a coronation, and to strew the stage with flowers, before the great personages begin their procession.
    • 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 102:
      An interesting feature in the weeks preceding the diversions was the provision of a road-learning train to familiarise main line drivers with the alternative route.
  2. (transitive) To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.
  3. (transitive) To have higher rank than (someone or something else).

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  • Not to be confused with proceed.
  • This word is commonly misspelt as preceed.

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Noun

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precede (plural precedes)

  1. Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /preˈt͡ʃɛ.de/
  • Rhymes: -ɛde
  • Hyphenation: pre‧cè‧de

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precede

  1. third-person singular present indicative of precedere

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precede

  1. inflection of preceder:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin praecedere, present active infinitive of praecedō.

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a precede (third-person singular present precede, past participle preces) 3rd conj.

  1. to precede

Conjugation

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    conjugation of precede (third conjugation, past participle in -s)
infinitive a precede
gerund precezând
past participle preces
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present preced precezi precede precedem precedeți preced
imperfect precedeam precedeai precedea precedeam precedeați precedeau
simple perfect precesei preceseși precese preceserăm preceserăți preceseră
pluperfect precesesem preceseseși precesese preceseserăm preceseserăți preceseseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să preced să precezi să preceadă să precedem să precedeți să preceadă
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative precede precedeți
negative nu precede nu precedeți

References

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  • MDA2 via DEX

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Verb

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precede

  1. inflection of preceder:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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