precede

• præcede (archaic)

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

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈsiːd/, /pɹɪˈsiːd/, /pɹiːˈsiːd/
• Rhymes: -iːd

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. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […] [a]nd by Robert Boulter […] [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     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. In Six Volumes, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Printed by A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292, 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.

2. (transitive) To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.
   • 1832, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law, Volume 1, page 52

     It has been usual to precede hostilities by a public declaration communicated to the enemy.

3. (transitive) To have higher rank than (someone or something else).

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

• (go before): forego; see also Thesaurus:precede

• (go before): succeed; see also Thesaurus:succeed

• precedence
• precedent
• unprecedented

precede (plural precedes)

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

• creeped

• Rhymes: -ɛde

precede

1. third-person singular present indicative of precedere

precede

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

precede

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of preceder.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of preceder.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of preceder.