Precede \Pre*cede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preceded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Preceding.] [L. praecedere, praecessum; prae before
+ cedere to go, to be in motion: cf. F. pr['e]ceder. See
Pre-, and Cede.]
1. To go before in order of time; to occur first with
relation to anything. "Harm precedes not sin." --Milton.
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2. To go before in place, rank, or importance.
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3. To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used
with by or with before the instrumental object. [R.]
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It is usual to precede hostilities by a public
declaration. --Kent.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Preceding \Pre*ced"ing\, a.
1. Going before; -- opposed to following.
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2. (Astron.) In the direction toward which stars appear to
move. See Following, 2.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
preceding
adj 1: existing or coming before [syn: preceding(a)] [ant: succeeding(a)]
2: preceding in time or order [syn: antecedent] [ant: subsequent]
3: of a person who has held and relinquished a position or
office; "a retiring member of the board" [syn: past(a),
preceding(a), retiring(a)]
WordNet (r) 2.0
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "preceding":
above, advanced, aforegoing, aforementioned, ante, antecedence,
antecedency, antecedent, anteposition, anterior, anteriority,
anticipatory, avant-garde, chief, ci-devant, dominion, earlier,
early, elder, ere, erstwhile, exordial, exploratory, first, fore,
foregoing, foremost, former, front, front position, heading,
headmost, heretofore, hitherto, in, inaugural, initiatory, last,
latter, le pas, leading, older, original, other, past, precedence,
precedency, precedent, precession, precessional, precurrent,
precursive, precursor, precursory, preexistent, prefatory,
preference, prefixation, preliminary, prelude, preludial,
prelusive, preparatory, prevenient, previous, prime, prior,
priority, proemial, propaedeutic, prothesis, senior, superiority,
the lead, to, top priority, urgency, van
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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