1. Be earlier in time; go back further
   "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
   - predate, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate 
2. Come before
   "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
   - predate 
3. Be the predecessor of
   "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
   - come before 
4. Move ahead (of others) in time or space
   - lead 
5. Furnish with a preface or introduction
   "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"
   - preface, premise, introduce

Derived forms: preceding, precedes, preceded

See also: precedency, precedent, precession, predecessor

Type of: go, lie, locomote, move, say, state, tell, travel

Antonym: follow, succeed

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