precede

Academic Word List, sublist 6.

About 2.95 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To go before, go in front of.

   Cultural genocide precedes physical genocide.

2. verb To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.
3. verb To have higher rank than (someone or something else).
4. noun Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay).

Similar words

forego antecede antedate predate come before lead prior anticipate pre-empt before

Often followed by

the it and a or any them him all that

Word family

preceded precedence precedent precedes preceding