precede

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verb

1. be earlier in time;
go back further (Freq. 9)
- Stone tools precede bronze tools
• Syn:
predate, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate
• Ant:
postdate (for: predate)
• Derivationally related forms:
antecedency (for: antecede), antecedent (for: antecede), antecedence (for: antecede), precedent, precession, precedency, precedence
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. come before (Freq. 6)
- Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify
• Syn:
predate
• Derivationally related forms:
precedent, precession
• Hypernyms:
lie
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. be the predecessor of (Freq. 3)
- Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands
• Syn:
come before
• Ant:
succeed
• Derivationally related forms:
precession, predecessor, precedence
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s PP
4. move ahead (of others) in time or space (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
lead
• Ant:
follow
• Derivationally related forms:
precedency
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Hyponyms:
lead, head
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
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
• Syn:
preface, premise, introduce
• Derivationally related forms:
introductory (for: introduce), preface (for: preface)
• Hypernyms:
state, say, tell
• Hyponyms:
preamble, prologize, prologuize, prologise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  preface, premise, introduce, lead, come before, predate, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  follow, succeed, come after, postdate