Meaning of "precede" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PRECEDE

Via Old French from Latin praecēdere to go before, from prae before + cēdere to move.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PRECEDE

precede  [prɪˈsiːd]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRECEDE

Precede is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb precede in English.

WHAT DOES PRECEDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of precede in the English dictionary

The definition of precede in the dictionary is to go or be before in time, place, rank, etc. Other definition of precede is to preface or introduce.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PRECEDE

PRESENT

Present

I precede

you precede

he/she/it precedes

we precede

you precede

they precede

Present continuous

I am preceding

you are preceding

he/she/it is preceding

we are preceding

you are preceding

they are preceding

Present perfect

I have preceded

you have preceded

he/she/it has preceded

we have preceded

you have preceded

they have preceded

Present perfect continuous

I have been preceding

you have been preceding

he/she/it has been preceding

we have been preceding

you have been preceding

they have been preceding

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I preceded

you preceded

he/she/it preceded

we preceded

you preceded

they preceded

Past continuous

I was preceding

you were preceding

he/she/it was preceding

we were preceding

you were preceding

they were preceding

Past perfect

I had preceded

you had preceded

he/she/it had preceded

we had preceded

you had preceded

they had preceded

Past perfect continuous

I had been preceding

you had been preceding

he/she/it had been preceding

we had been preceding

you had been preceding

they had been preceding

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will precede

you will precede

he/she/it will precede

we will precede

you will precede

they will precede

Future continuous

I will be preceding

you will be preceding

he/she/it will be preceding

we will be preceding

you will be preceding

they will be preceding

Future perfect

I will have preceded

you will have preceded

he/she/it will have preceded

we will have preceded

you will have preceded

they will have preceded

Future perfect continuous

I will have been preceding

you will have been preceding

he/she/it will have been preceding

we will have been preceding

you will have been preceding

they will have been preceding

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would precede

you would precede

he/she/it would precede

we would precede

you would precede

they would precede

Conditional continuous

I would be preceding

you would be preceding

he/she/it would be preceding

we would be preceding

you would be preceding

they would be preceding

Conditional perfect

I would have precede

you would have precede

he/she/it would have precede

we would have precede

you would have precede

they would have precede

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been preceding

you would have been preceding

he/she/it would have been preceding

we would have been preceding

you would have been preceding

they would have been preceding

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you precede
we let´s precede
you precede

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to precede

Past participle

preceded

Present Participle

preceding

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PRECEDE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «precede» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of precede

antecede · antedate · forerun · head · herald · introduce · launch · lead · preface · prefix

TRANSLATION OF PRECEDE

Find out the translation of precede to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of precede from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «precede» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 发生在...之前
• Translator English - Spanish: preceder
• English: precede
• Translator English - Hindi: पूर्व में होना
• Translator English - Arabic: تسبق
• Translator English - Russian: предшествовать
• Translator English - Portuguese: preceder
• Translator English - Bengali: পূর্ববর্তী হত্তয়া
• Translator English - French: précéder
• Translator English - Malay: Mendahului
• Translator English - German: vorausgehen
• Translator English - Japanese: ～より先に起こる
• Translator English - Korean: 선행하다
• Translator English - Javanese: ndhisiki
• Translator English - Vietnamese: trước
• Translator English - Tamil: முந்து
• Translator English - Marathi: अगोदर होणे
• Translator English - Turkish: önce
• Translator English - Italian: precedere
• Translator English - Polish: poprzedzać
• Translator English - Ukrainian: передувати
• Translator English - Romanian: preceda
• Translator English - Greek: προηγούνται
• Translator English - Afrikaans: voorafgaan
• Translator English - Swedish: föregå
• Translator English - Norwegian: forut

10 QUOTES WITH «PRECEDE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word precede.

1

Louisa May Alcott

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

2

Gregory Bateson

Logic can often be reversed, but the effect does not precede the cause.

3

Sarah Ban Breathnach

Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary.

4

Lois McMaster Bujold

I think 99 percent of women's lib comes from technology making different kinds of lives possible, and then the social adjustment follows the technology - it doesn't precede it.

5

Sean M. Carroll

I'm trying to understand cosmology, why the Big Bang had the properties it did. And it's interesting to think that connects directly to our kitchens and how we can make eggs, how we can remember one direction of time, why causes precede effects, why we are born young and grow older. It's all because of entropy increasing.

6

Giacomo Casanova

The mind of a human being is formed only of comparisons made in order to examine analogies, and therefore cannot precede the existence of memory.

7

James Freeman Clarke

Strong convictions precede great actions.

8

James Freeman Clarke

All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

9

Carlton Cuse

I feel like if you enjoyed the 119 hours that precede the finale of 'Lost,' is that whole experience ruined by the fact that you might not agree with everything that we did in the finale? I would hope not! I would hope that you would appreciate the fact that you were entertained for 119 hours even if you didn't love the finale.

10

Ted Engstrom

The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRECEDE»

Discover the use of precede in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to precede and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Theoretical Foundations of Health Education and Health Promotion

Among survey respondents, 88% used the PRECEDE-PROCEED model in their teaching, and 62% used the planned approach to community health (PATCH) model. The following discussion presents the models in the order of their popularity ...

Manoj Sharma, John Albert Romas, 2011

L'art De La Correspondance Commerciale Precede D'un Traite ...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.

Marie Clment, 2009

Assessment and Planning in Health Programs

The Precede portion of the Precede–Proceed model (Green & Kreuter, 2005) provides the most comprehensive map of the needs assessment process. It is arguably the most widely used needs assessment model in health education and  ...

Bonni Hodges, 2011

Principles and Practice of Social Marketing: An ...

The PRECEDE–PROCEED model is probably the most widely used planning model in the health promotion literature and in practice, and is being increasingly applied also in social marketing. A recent survey of members of the Australian ...

Rob Donovan, Nadine Henley, 2010

Health promotion planning: an educational and ecological ...

This classic text by the creators of the PRECEDE/PROCEED model provides a comprehensive overview of the principles and processes of health promotion planning.

Lawrence W. Green, Marshall W. Kreuter, 1999

Health Promotion Programs: From Theory to Practice

In this chapter, we will discuss the PRECEDE-PROCEED model, the MATCH model, intervention mapping, the community readiness model, and social marketing. These represent a wide range of models that share the three basic elements of ...

Carl I. Fertman, Diane D. Allensworth, Society for Public Health Education, 2010

Patient Education: A Practical Approach

D PRECEDE-PROCEED MODEL The precede-proceed model goes beyond stages of change, intentions, and perceptions (Greene & Kreuter, 1991). This model moves beyond the individual and the performance of specific health practices to ...

Kate Lorig, 2001

Truth and Other Enigmas

The thought that an effect might precede its cause appears at first nonsensical. If the table is laid, then that can only be because someone has laid it. Perhaps if the world were different, the plates could have got there by themselves, without ...

Michael Dummett, 1978

Social and Behavioral Foundations of Public Health

Therearemorethan900 documented applications of PRECEDE-PROCEED, which address multiple health issues and concerns in a number of public health settings (Blake,Green,& Rootman,1999).The PRECEDE-PROCEED framework ...

Jeannine Coreil, 2010

Political Violence, Crises and Revolutions (Routledge ...

... for further results see also SANDERS 1981). “Despite this general tendency for challenge behaviors to precede government or regime change, however, the specific pattern of significant lagged relationships varies from region to region.

Ekkart Zimmermann, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRECEDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term precede is used in the context of the following news items.

Display Ads Precede Many Search Clicks, Facebook's Atlas and …

Display Ads Precede Many Search Clicks, Facebook's Atlas and Proactiv Find. By Jack Neff - 10 hours ago. 337 · 0 ... «AdAge.com, Jul 15»

'Science has to Precede Policy, Not Other Way'

The lesson is that science has to precede the policy, not the other way around. How will this verdict help athletes? Women athletes, whether ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»

Another New Jersey heat wave - 90s possible every day this week

Scattered showers and storms on Monday will precede an extended period of heat and humidity. Here are your weather headlines for Monday, ... «New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio, Jul 15»

High Blood Sugar May Boost Alzheimer's Risk

Researchers found that insulin resistance -- higher-than-normal levels of blood sugar that often precede type 2 diabetes -- was related to ... «WebMD, Jul 15»

MLK, Titanic, cats: Top seven AP and Movietone videos

Fleeting scenes of protests, gunfire, people running and injured bodies precede the moment a lone, defiant demonstrator stood in front of a rolling tank in ... «KXLF Butte News, Jul 15»

Well | Snoring Children May Suffer From Sleep Apnea

In an interview, Dr. Gozal said a proper diagnosis should always precede surgery. He suggested that pediatricians routinely ask parents six ... «New York Times, Jul 15»

Recycling efforts precede festival, social activities

The Marietta area community came together once again to make the 32nd Broughton's Ice Cream Social an incredible success. Beside raising ... «Marietta Times, Jul 15»

Olympics golf will precede Wyndham in 2016

GREENSBORO — There's an extra golf tournament on an already crowded schedule next August, and it's kind of a big deal. Golf returns to the ... «Morganton News Herald, Jul 15»

Balcony tosses precede mischief arrest

JASPER — Jasper police arrested a man tossing items from an apartment balcony during a domestic dispute on a trio of charges late Tuesday ... «The Herald, Jul 15»

Obergefell v. Hodges Marriage Equality Book to Precede Movie

'21 Years to Midnight' will publish on the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision. 21 Years to Midnight, a book about ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»