preceded
Saypri-SEED-id/pɹɪˈsidɪd/UK/pɹɪˈsiːdɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of precede.
A lengthy introduction preceded the keynote address.
The official announcement had been preceded by weeks of rumor.
Note
One spelling does double duty: it is the plain past (the overture preceded the opera) and the participle after have or be (had preceded, was preceded by). The prefacing use is the one to watch, because it takes with: she preceded her talk with a joke. There the subject puts something first rather than going first itself, and by marks what came before.
preceded is a form of precede
precede, verb: To come or go before something in time, order, or position. Full entry
- Spelling
- precede → preceded: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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