Precede

Definition: Precede

Precede

Verb

1. Be earlier in time; go back further.

2. Come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify".

3. Be the predecessor of.

4. Move ahead (of others) in time or space.

Date "precede" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1415. (references)

Note: Precede \Pre*cede"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Preceded; present participle verb or noun Preceding.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Precede

Synonyms: antecede (v), antedate (v), come before (v), forego (v), lead (v), predate (v). (additional references)

Antonyms: follow (v), postdate (v), succeed (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Precedence	Verb: precede; come before, come first; head, lead, take the lead; lead the way, lead the dance; be in the vanguard; introduce, usher in; have the pas; set the fashion; (influence); open the ball; take precedence, have precedence; have the start; (get before).
Precession	Verb: go before, go ahead, go in the van, go in advance; precede, forerun; usher in, introduce, herald, head, take the lead; lead the way, lead the dance; get the start, have the start; steal a march; get before, get ahead, get in front of; outstrip; take precedence; (first in order).
Priority	Verb: precede, come before; forerun; go before; (lead); preexist; dawn; presage; herald, usher in.
Superiority	Verb: be superior; Adjective: exceed, excel, transcend; outdo, outbalance, outweigh, outrank, outrival, out-Herod; pass, surpass, get ahead of; over-top, override, overpass, overbalance, overweigh, overmatch; top, o'ertop, cap, beat, cut out; beat hollow; outstrip; eclipse, throw into the shade, take the shine out of, outshine, put one's nose out of joint; have the upper hand, have the whip hand of, have the advantage; turn the scale, kick the beam; play first fiddle; (importance); preponderate, predominate, prevail; precede, take precedence, come first; come to a head, culminate; beat; all others, bear the palm; break the record; take the cake.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	Many Precede And Many Will Follow (Wide Open Spaces; performing artist: DIXIE CHICKS)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Biblioteca Aeronautica Italiana Illustrata: Precede Uno Studio Sull'aeronautica Nella Letteratura, Nell'arte E Nel Folklore (reference) Inventory Visibility Must Precede In-Store Pickup for Greatest ROI [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Napoleon Bonaparte	If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon-shots.
Thomas p Kempis	Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it. and never destroy it.
Wordsworth	Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	And though this federative power in the well or ill management of it be of great moment to the common-wealth, yet it is much less capable to be directed by antecedent, standing, positive laws, than the executive; and so must necessarily be left to the prudence and wisdom of those, whose hands it is in, to be managed for the public good: for the laws that concern subjects one amongst another, being to direct their actions, may well enough precede them. (Second Treatise of Government)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The sappers, whose duty it is to demolish the barricade, must always precede the soldiers whose duty it is to scale it.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Hantaan virus from Korea and Dobrava virus from Slovenia are associated with a severe form of HFRS characterized by renal failure that can precede pulmonary edema and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), with estimated mortality rates of 5% to 15%. A moderate form of HFRS caused by Seoul virus (which, along with its host, is distributed worldwide) is responsible for thousands of Eurasian cases annually. (references)
Economic History	United Kingdom	While Unionists insist that actual decommissioning of paramilitary weapons should precede normalization of political and security arrangements, they have acknowledged the significance of intermediate steps, including the inspection of IRA arms dumps in June 2000 by independent international inspectors. (references)
	Japan	In this case, a thorough review of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Export Administration Regulations (EAR) should precede the signing of any licensing agreement. (references)
	Nigeria	However, privatization of NEPA would need to precede any significant private sector involvement in these three energy segments. (references)
Political Economy	France	One notable example was a successful Socialist initiative to reverse the order of the 2002 elections so that the presidential election would precede those for the National Assembly, a move Chirac opposed and which was interpreted as favorable to Jospin. (references)
Travel	Japan	Building relationships (which probably precede a first-time sale) should emphasize trust, confidence, loyalty and commitment for the long term. (references)
Worker Rights	Nicaragua	The CST alleged collusion between the Ministry and Mil Colores, specifically, that the factory's request to fire the workers was backdated to precede the attempt to form a union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Precede" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 55.86% of the time. "Precede" is used about 222 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	55.86%	124	28,785
Lexical Verb (base form)	44.14%	98	33,072
Total	100.00%	222	N/A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "precede"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		paraprij (forego, forerun, forestall, forgo, pre exist), kam gradë më të lartë, jam epror. (various references)

Arabic		‏فاق غيره, ‏فاق أهمية, ‏قدم (advance, age, antiquity, arrive, be age-old, become old, become timeworn, bring forward, bring out, chip, come, come back, display, extend, foot, get to, give in, move forward, obsolescence, offer, peg, present, produce, proffer, reach, return, set forth, show, submit, tender, turn in), ‏تفوق (beat, beat all, break, class, distinction, eclipse, exceed, excel, excellence, get the better of, go one better, lick, mastery, outclass, outguess, overpass, overrule, pre eminence, predomination, preponderance, preponderate, prevalence, seniority, superiority, supremacy, surpass, top, tower, transcend, transcendence), ‏تقدم (advance, advanced, advancement, advantage, antecedence, ascent, break through, career, careerist, come on, crowd, descend, development, evolution, forge ahead, forward, gain ground, gain one's destination, get along, get forward, get on, get up, go ahead, go up, going, head, headway, improvement, keep step, lead, make up on, march, move along, move in, onward, priority, proceed, procession, progress, progression, promotion, propulsion, pull ahead, rise, seniority, shape, shoot ahead, speed, stem, step, superiority, take steps, upturn, way, work up to), ‏سبق (antecedence, forego, forerun, outdistance, outrun, outstrip, pace, pre empt, precession), ‏علا من حيث المرتبة. (various references)

Bulgarian		върша нещо преди нещо друго, предхождам, предшествувам (antecede, antedate, forego, forerun, preface), подготвям (equip, fit, get up, make ready, prelude, prepare, string up, tee up, train, tutor, work up), имам предимство пред. (various references)

Chinese		居前 (Preceded, Preceding). (various references)

Czech		předcházet (forego, forestall, forgo, go before, prevent), mít přednost. (various references)

Danish		gå foran. (various references)

Dutch		voorafgaan. (various references)

Esperanto		antaŭiri, antaŭi. (various references)

Farsi		مقدم بودن , جلوتربودن از, اسبق بودن بر. (various references)

Finnish		edeltää. (various references)

French		précéder (predate). (various references)

German		vorausgehen (go first, go in front, go on ahead, lead the way), vorangehen (advance, come on along, forego, go ahead, go before, go first, go in front, go on ahead, lead, lead the way, make headway, make progress, preceding, speed along, to lead the way). (various references)

Greek		προηγούμαι (forego, go before, prelude). (various references)

Hebrew		ללכת לפ� י, לק�"ום (anticipate, come before, have priority over), לק�"ם (advance, encounter, further, promote), ל�"ק�"ים (anticipate, preempt, preface). (various references)

Hungarian		megelõz (anticipate, forego, forestall, gain on, gain upon, obviate, outdistance, outstrip, overtake, pass, prelude, prevent). (various references)

Indonesian		mengawal (be first, escort, head, oversee), mendahului (antedate, go before, out distance). (various references)

Italian		prevenire (anticipate, arrive before, forestall, forewarn, forfend, inform, prevent), precedere (anticipate, come before, come first, forego). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		先立つ (to die before someone, to go before, to lead, to precede, to take precedence), 先�"ずる (to anticipate, to forestall, to go before, to precede), 先�"じる (to anticipate, to forestall, to precede). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		さき�"ずる (to anticipate, to forestall, to go before, to precede), さき�"じる (to anticipate, to forestall, to precede), さき� つ (to die before someone, to go before, to lead, to precede, to take precedence). (various references)

Korean		� 행하십시�". (various references)

Manx		goll roish (antecede, betake, buzz off, clear out, go ahead, go before, go off, make away, move on, nip off, pass on, pop off, walk away). (various references)

Pig Latin		ecedepray

Polish		wyprzedzać. (various references)

Portuguese		preceder (antedate, forego, predate), anteceder (antecede, forego). (various references)

Romanian		premerge (come before, forerun), prefaţa (preface), preceda (forego, foregone), introduce (admit, bring in, denizen, drive, enter, establish, Herald, infix, insert, interpolate, introduce, make, mix in, offer, phase, phase in, present, put in, set, slip in, tender, usher), fi înaintea (be ahead of, foregone), întrece (anticipate, beat, better, compete, distance, exceed, head, match, outdo, outmatch, outrival, outrun, outshine, outstep, outstrip, outvie, overbear, overhaul, overtake, pass, predominate, surpass, top, vie). (various references)

Russian		превосходить (be superior to, exceed, excel, get ahead of, go beyond, outbalance, outclass, outdo, outmatch, outnumber, outperform, outrank, outreach, out-top, overbear, overpass, overtop, preponderate, shine down, surpass, top, transcend), предпосылать (prefix, premise). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		predhoditi (antedate, forego, forwent). (various references)

Spanish		preceder (antedate, forego, go before, predate, procedure). (various references)

Swedish		gå före (go before, jump the queue, pioneer). (various references)

Turkish		üstün olmak (be over smb., cut across, get the better of, give points to smb., have the edge on smb., have the edge over smb., have the whip hand of, outclass, outdo, outperform, predominate, preponderate, preponderate over, surpass, take precedence of, tower above, transcend), önde olmak (be dormy, be in advance, be in the front, keep ahead), önce olmak (have the precedence), önce gelmek (antedate, forego, predate, take precedence of), önce davranmak (anticipate, forestall, take precedence of), önünde gitmek. (various references)

Ukrainian		бути важливішим (come before, outrank), бути попереду, подавати перед (premise), переважати (beat, cart, exceed, outrank, outweigh, overbalance, overbear, overgang, overpass, overpower, overtop, predominate, preponderate, prevail), передувати (antecede, antedate, forego, preface). (various references)

Welsh		rhagflaenu (anticipate, forestall), blaenu (outrun, point), blaenori (lead). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	antecedat, antecede, antecedebat, antecedere, antecederent, antecedet, antecedite, anteibit, anteire, anteviare, praecedam, praecedamus, praecedant, praecedas, praecedat, praecede, praecedebant, praecedebantque, praecedebat, praecedens, praecedent, praecedentem, praecedentes, praecedentia, praecedentis, praecedentium, praecedere, praecederent, praecederet, praecedes, praecedet, praecedetque, praecedit, praecedite, praecedunt, praecesserat, praecesserunt, praecessi, praecessissent, praecessit, praecucurrit, praecurre, praecurrens, praecursum, praeeundi, praegredi, praegrediens, praeibant, praeibat, praeibis, praeibit, praeire. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	foregangan. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	1 Thessalonians Chapter 4, Verse 15
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Touto gar umin legomen en logw kuriou oti hmeiV oi zwnteV oi perileipomenoi eiV thn parousian tou kuriou ou mh fqaswmen touV koimhqentaV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Hoc enim vobis dicimus in verbo Domini quia nos qui vivimus qui residui sumus in adventum Domini non praeveniemus eos qui dormierunt
Old English	990	West Saxon	Æfter Hælendes agenum worde, cweðað we þæt we þe git libbað, þe sind gelæft oð Hælendes tocyman, ne sculon soðe foregan beforan þæm þe sind on slæpe gefallen.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	For the Lord hym silf schal come doun fro heuene, in the comaundement, and in the vois of an archaungel, and in the trumpe of God; and the deed men that ben in Crist, schulen rise ayen first.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And this saye we vnto you in the worde of the Lorde that we which live and are remayninge in the comminge of the Lorde shall not come yerre they which slepe.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain to the coming of the Lord shall not precede them who are asleep.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are still living at the coming of the Lord, will not go before those who are sleeping.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	1 Thessalonians Chapter 4, Verse 15
Cebuano	Kay kini among ipahayag kaninyo sumala sa pulong sa Ginoo, nga kitang mga buhi nga magapabilin pa hangtud sa pag-abut sa Ginoo, dili kita magauna kanila nga mga nangamatay.
Croatian	Ovo vam uistinu velimo po rijeèi Gospodnjoj: mi živi, preostali za Dolazak Gospodnji, neæemo preteæi onih koji su usnuli.
Danish	Thi dette sige vi eder med Herrens Ord, at vi levende, som blive tilbage til Herrens Tilkommelse, vi skulle ingenlunde komme forud for de hensovede.
Dutch	Want dat zeggen wij u door het Woord des Heeren, dat wij, die levend overblijven zullen tot de toekomst des Heeren, niet zullen voorkomen degenen, die ontslapen zijn.
Finnish	Sillä sen me sanomme teille Herran sanana, että me, jotka olemme elossa, jotka jäämme tänne Herran tulemukseen, emme suinkaan ehdi ennen niitä, jotka ovat nukkuneet.
French	Voici, en effet, ce que nous vous déclarons d`après la parole du Seigneur: nous les vivants, restés pour l`avènement du Seigneur, nous ne devancerons pas ceux qui sont morts.
German	Denn das sagen wir euch als ein Wort des HERRN, daß wir, die wir leben und übrig bleiben auf die Zukunft des HERRN, werden denen nicht zuvorkommen, die da schlafen.
Haitian Creole	Dapre sa Seyè a te moutre m' lan, men sa m'ap di nou: Nou menm k'ap vivan toujou lè Seyè a va vini an, nou p'ap pran devan moun ki mouri deja yo.
Hungarian	Mert ezt mondjuk néktek az Úr szavával, hogy mi, a kik élünk, a kik megmaradunk az Úr eljöveteléig, épen nem elõzzük meg azokat, a kik elaludtak.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Mengenai hal itu, inilah ajaran Tuhan yang kami mau sampaikan kepadamu: Pada waktu Tuhan Yesus datang, kita yang masih hidup tidak akan mendahului orang-orang yang sudah meninggal lebih dahulu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Karena kami mengatakan demikian ini kepadamu dengan firman Tuhan, bahwa kita yang sedang hidup ini dan yang tertinggal hingga kepada kedatangan Tuhan, tiada akan mendahului orang yang sudah mati.
Italian	Questo vi diciamo sulla parola del Signore: noi che viviamo e saremo ancora in vita per la venuta del Signore, non avremo alcun vantaggio su quelli che sono morti.
Latvian	To mçs jums sakâm Kunga vârdâ, ka mçs, kas dzîvojam, kas paliekam pâri lîdz Kunga atnâkðanai, neaizsteigsimies priekðâ tiem, kas aizmiguði.
Maori	Ko ta matou korero hoki tenei ki a koutou, he mea ki mai na te Ariki, ko tatou, ko te hunga kua mahue ki te ora, ki te taenga mai o te Ariki, e kore e pahika atu ki mua o te hunga kua moe.
Norwegian	For dette sier vi eder med et ord av Herren at vi som lever, som blir tilbake inntil Herren kommer, skal ingenlunde komme i forveien for de hensovede;
Rumanian	Iatq, kn adevqr, ce vq spunem, prin Cuvkntul Domnului: noi cei vii, cari vom rqmknea pknq la venirea Domnului, nu vom lua -o knaintea celor adormiyi.
Shuar	Tuma asamtai Yus-Chicham nekaprutamnia nuna atumniasha jintintiajrume. Iisha tuke iwiaaku pujarin Kristu Táakuisha Jákaru ainia nuka ikiuakur émkishtatji.
Spanish	Pues os decimos esto por palabra del Señor: Nosotros que vivimos, que habremos quedado hasta la venida del Señor, de ninguna manera precederemos a los que ya durmieron.
Swahili	Hili tunalowaambieni ni fundisho la Bwana; sisi tulio hai, ambao tutakuwa tumebaki, wakati Bwana atakapokuja, hakika hatutawatangulia wale waliokwisha fariki dunia.
Swedish	Såsom ett ord från Herren säga vi eder nämligen detta, att vi som leva och lämnas kvar till Herrens tillkommelse ingalunda skola komma före dem som äro avsomnade.
Uma	Tohe'i-mi tudui' to kitarima ngkai Pue' Yesus. Ane rata nculii' -ipi mpai' Pue', kita' to tuwu' -pidi nto'u toe, uma-ta meri'ulu ngkai doo-ta to mpolia' mate-mi.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "precede": preceded, precedence, precedences, precedencies, precedency, precedent, precedents, precedes. (additional references)
	Words containing "precede": unprecedented, unprecedentedly. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Precede" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aparecido, pecede, Percodan, Pereda, perseid, praecipe, Prassede, prceed, prceeds, prece, preced, preceder, preceds, preceed, preceede, preceeve, preceide, precene, precide, preciude, Preedy, preoceed, Prescod, prikope, proccede, procede, proceede, Procida, procide, procude, Rpecvd. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "precede" (pronounced prusē"d)
6	p r u s ē" d	proceed.
5	-r u s ē" d	recede.
4	-u s ē" d	secede.
3	-s ē" d	accede, cede, concede, exceed, intercede, reseed, seed, succeed, supersede.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-e-p-r"
	-1 letter: creped, decree, deeper, peered, recede.
	-2 letters: ceder, cered, creed, creep, crepe, preed.
	-3 letters: cede, cepe, cere, deep, deer, dere, dree, epee, peed, peer, pree, rede, reed.
	-4 letters: cee, cep, dee, ere, pec, ped, pee, per, rec, red, ree, rep.
	-5 letters: de, ed, er, pe, re.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-e-p-r"
	+1 letter: preceded, precedes.
	+2 letters: compeered, deprecate, excerpted, perceived, perfected, pickeered, precedent, precented, precessed, prelected, proceeded, receipted, respected, sceptered, supercede.
	+3 letters: becarpeted, carpetweed, deciphered, decipherer, deprecated, deprecates, depreciate, enciphered, persecuted, praelected, precedence, precedency, precedents, prechecked, precleaned, precleared, precreased, predecease, preelected, preenacted, preerected, reaccepted, recarpeted, superceded, supercedes.
	+4 letters: apperceived, carpentered, carpetweeds, codeveloper, copresented, decipherers, decrepitate, decrepitude, depreciable, depreciated, depreciates, experienced, intercepted, precanceled, precedences, precensored, predeceased, predeceases, predecessor, preheadache, prerecorded, preschedule, prescreened, preselected, recompensed, recuperated, reinspected, reprocessed, sepulchered, unperceived.
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