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ANTECEDE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they antecede ... he / she / it antecedes
Past simple: anteceded
Past participle: anteceded
-ing form: anteceding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be earlier in time; go back further
Example:
Stone tools precede bronze tools
Synonyms:
antecede; antedate; forego; forgo; precede; predate
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
antecedence; antecedency (preceding in time)
antecedent (a preceding occurrence or cause or event)
