If one event or period of time precedes another, it happens before it. Intensive negotiations between the main parties preceded the vote The earthquake was preceded by a loud roar and lasted 20 seconds Industrial orders had already fallen in the preceding months
A sentence, paragraph, or chapter that precedes another one comes just before it. Look at the information that precedes the paragraph in question Repeat the exercises described in the preceding section. follow
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"
To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; used with by or with before the instrumental object
to precede
الواصلة
to pre·cede
التركية النطق
tı prîsid
النطق
/tə prəˈsēd/ /tə prɪˈsiːd/
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[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.