precede
pronunciation
How to pronounce precede in British English:
UK [prɪˈsiːd]
How to pronounce precede in American English:
US [prɪˈsiːd]
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- Verb:
- be earlier in time; go back further
- come before
- be the predecessor of
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
- furnish with a preface or introduction
Word Origin
- precede
- precede: [14] Precede is one of a large family of English words (including concede, proceed, succeed, and of course cede) which go back ultimately to Latin cēdere ‘go away, withdraw, yield’. In this case the ancestor was Latin praecēdere ‘go before’, a compound verb formed with the prefix prae- ‘before’, which English acquired via Old French preceder. Precedent [15] goes back to the Latin verb’s present participle, precession [16] to the late Latin derivative praecessiō.=> cede, concede, predecessor, proceed, succeed
- precede (v.)
- early 15c., "lead the way; occur before," from Middle French preceder and directly from Latin praecedere "to go before," from prae "before" (see pre-) + cedere "to go" (see cede). Meaning "to walk in front of" is late 15c.; that of "to go before in rank or importance" is attested from mid-15c. Related: Preceded; preceding.
Example
- 1. This reflects the maxim that equity rallies typically precede an economic rebound by roughly six months .
- 2. This strengthened the view that the us is past the worst of its recession and that its economic recovery could precede that of europe and japan .
- 3. China 's latest rate increase may precede a year in which emerging-market central banks break away from their counterparts in the industrial world by tightening monetary policy .
- 4. Interviews have four stages that precede the writing of a story : arrangements , preparation , the actual interview and the reconstruction .
- 5. Mr issing is one of the founding fathers of the euro , but also predicted potential problems with the plan and argued that political union ought to precede a shared currency to ensure its stability in the long-term .