precede

precede is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything.
2. transitive verb. To go before in place, rank, or importance.
3. transitive verb. To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used with by or with before the instrumental object.
4. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: introduce, preface, premise

5. verb. move ahead (of others) in time or space

   Synonyms: lead

6. verb. be the predecessor of

   "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"

7. verb. come before

   "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"

   Synonyms: predate

8. verb. be earlier in time; go back further

   "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

   Synonyms: antecede, antedate, forego, forgo, predate

Synonyms

introduce, preface, premise, lead, predate, antecede, antedate, forego, forgo

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in precede:

creeped

Common word forms

preceded, preceder, precedes, preceding

Words from these letters

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