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Dictionary definition for: Precede
1. (v) be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
2. (v) come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
3. (v) be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan''s husbands"
4. (v) move ahead (of others) in time or space
5. (v) furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke" "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
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