| 释义 |
Adjective: preceding pree'seeding- Existing or coming before
- Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
- past, retiring
Verb: precede pri'seed- Be earlier in time; go back further
"Stone tools precede bronze tools"
- predate, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate - Come before
"Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
- predate - Be the predecessor of
"Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
- come before - Move ahead (of others) in time or space
- lead - Furnish with a preface or introduction
"She always precedes her lectures with a joke"
- preface, premise, introduce
See also: above, above-mentioned, above-named, antecedent, foregoing, introductory, old, outgoing, precedency, precedent, precession, predecessor, prefatorial, prefatory, premedical, preparative, preparatory, previous, propaedeutic, temporal relation, timing Type of: go, lie, locomote, move, say, state, tell, travel Antonym: follow, succeed, succeeding |