Word

precede, v.
(preceded, precedes, preceding)
freq. cnt. 19

be earlier in time; go back further
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 3

antecede antedate forego forgo precede predate

sample sentences

"Stone tools precede bronze tools"

verb frames

Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

precedent precession precedency precedence precedent

lexical pointers

antonym

postdate

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

antecedency antecedence antecedent

come before
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6

precede predate

sample sentences

"Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"

verb frames

Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

precedent precession precedent

semantic pointers

hypernym

lie

be the predecessor of
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

come before precede

sample sentences

"Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

precedence precession predecessor

antonym

succeed

move ahead (of others) in time or space
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

lead precede

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

precedency

antonym

semantic pointers

hypernym

go, move, travel, locomote

hyponym

lead, head

furnish with a preface or introduction
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

introduce precede preface premise

sample sentences

"She always precedes her lectures with a joke"
"He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

preface

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

introductory introductory

semantic pointers

hypernym

say, tell, state

hyponym

preamble prologize, prologuize, prologise