precedes

v. go before, come before; be in front, be ahead of; predate, happen before

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Verb
1. be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
(synonym) predate, forego, antecede, antedate
(derivation) precession, precedence, precedency
2. come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
(synonym) predate
(hypernym) lie
(derivation) precession, precedence, precedency
3. be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
(synonym) come before
(antonym) succeed, come after, follow
(derivation) precession, precedence, precedency
4. move ahead (of others) in time or space
(synonym) lead
(antonym) follow
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) lead, head
(derivation) precession, precedence, precedency
5. furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
(synonym) preface, premise, introduce
(hypernym) state, say, tell
(hyponym) preamble

v. be in the front, precede, predate; antedate, forerun, forego

v. predate, antedate

v. antedate, forego; precede, predate