precede
/pɹɪˈsid/ verb B2- To go before, go in front of. · Cultural genocide precedes physical genocide.
- To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.
- To have higher rank than (someone or something else).
He/she/it precedes · Past preceded · Past participle preceded · -ing form preceding
Verb forms
- Base form
- precede
- He/she/it
- precedes
- Past
- preceded
- Past participle
- preceded
- -ing form
- preceding
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But this was not so easy a matter, for the streets were thronged with people, and Rome was already a prey to that low and feverish murmur which precedes all great events; and at Rome there are four great events in every year,—the Carnival, Holy Week, Corpus Christi, and the Feast of St.
Easter was approaching, and the week preceding it was to bring an addition to the family at Rosings, which in so small a circle must be important.
Dantès descended the staircase, preceded by the magistrate, and followed by the soldiers.
With it was effaced the last trace of the preceding night; and then supper, Sinbad, hashish, statues,—all became a dream for Franz.
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