Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to precede
Participle: preceded
Gerund: preceding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | precede |
| you | precede |
| he;she;it | precedes |
| we | precede |
| you | precede |
| they | precede |
Perfect
| I | have preceded |
| you | have preceded |
| he;she;it | has preceded |
| we | have preceded |
| you | have preceded |
| they | have preceded |
Past
| I | preceded |
| you | preceded |
| he;she;it | preceded |
| we | preceded |
| you | preceded |
| they | preceded |
Pluperfect
| I | had preceded |
| you | had preceded |
| he;she;it | had preceded |
| we | had preceded |
| you | had preceded |
| they | had preceded |
Future
| I | will precede |
| you | will precede |
| he;she;it | will precede |
| we | will precede |
| you | will precede |
| they | will precede |
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 |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | precede |
| you | precede |
| he;she;it | precede |
| we | precede |
| you | precede |
| they | precede |
Perfect
| I | have preceded |
| you | have preceded |
| he;she;it | have preceded |
| we | have preceded |
| you | have preceded |
| they | have preceded |
Imperfect
| I | preceded |
| you | preceded |
| he;she;it | preceded |
| we | preceded |
| you | preceded |
| they | preceded |
Pluperfect
| I | had preceded |
| you | had preceded |
| he;she;it | had preceded |
| we | had preceded |
| you | had preceded |
| they | had preceded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would precede |
| you | would precede |
| he;she;it | would precede |
| we | would precede |
| you | would precede |
| they | would precede |
Perfect
| I | would have preceded |
| you | would have preceded |
| he;she;it | would have preceded |
| we | would have preceded |
| you | would have preceded |
| they | would have preceded |
Imperative
| you | precede |
| we | Let's precede |
| you | precede |
Verbs conjugated like 'precede'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'precede'
præcede,
precode,
recede,
breede,
decede,
precedent,
precel,
precept,
precess,
precise,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1485, "to go before" in rank or importance, from M.Fr. preceder, from L. præcedere "to go before," from præ- "before" + cedere "to go" (see cede). Meaning "to walk in front of" is from 1530; that of "to come before in time" is attested from 1540.
2. From Middle French précéder, from Latin praecēdō, from prae- + cēdō.
Sample Sentences
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[...] surgical plaster on a most inaccessible shelf. But that this was the state-room concerning which Charles Dickens, Esquire, and Lady, had held daily and nightly conferences for at least four months preceding: that this could by any possibility be that small snug chamber of the imagination, which Charles Dickens, Esquire, with the spirit of prophecy strong upon him, had always foretold would contain at [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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I was standing on the wharf at this place, watching the passengers embarking in a steamboat which preceded that whose coming we awaited, and participating in the anxiety with which a sergeant 's wife was collecting her few goods together—keeping one distracted eye hard upon the porters, who were hurrying [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] the soul to the lowest level at which endurance is possible, there is an instant and desperate effort of every physical and moral nerve to throw off the weight; and hence the heaviest anguish often precedes a return tide of joy and courage. So was it now with Tom. The atheistic taunts of his cruel master sunk his before dejected soul to the lowest ebb; and, though the hand of faith still held to the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)