transcription, транскрипция: [ prɪsi:d ]
( precedes, preceding, preceded)
1.
If one event or period of time precedes another, it happens before it. ( FORMAL )
Intensive negotiations between the main parties preceded the vote...
The earthquake was preceded by a loud roar and lasted 20 seconds...
Industrial orders had already fallen in the preceding months.
VERB : V n , be V-ed by n , V-ing
2.
If you precede someone somewhere, you go in front of them. ( FORMAL )
He gestured to Alice to precede them from the room...
They were preceded by mounted cowboys.
VERB : V n , be V-ed by n
3.
A sentence, paragraph, or chapter that precedes another one comes just before it.
Look at the information that precedes the paragraph in question...
Repeat the exercises described in the preceding section.
≠ follow
VERB : V n , V-ing