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Verb precede has 5 senses
- predate, precede, forego, antecede, antedate - be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- precede, predate - come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
--2 is one way to lie
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- precede, come before - be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
Antonyms: succeed, come after, follow
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
- precede, lead - move ahead (of others) in time or space
--4 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Antonyms: follow
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- precede, preface, premise, introduce - 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"
--5 is one way to state, say, tell
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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