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precedes

verb
Saypri-SEEDZUS/pɹɪˈsidz/UK/pɹɪˈsiːdz/

1 meaning of precedes

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  1. 1
    verb
    Third-person singular present of precede.

    A brief introduction precedes each chapter of the book.

    Lightning precedes thunder by a few seconds.

    Note

    A transitive form that takes its object directly: lightning precedes thunder, with no "before" needed. Beyond going first in time or place, it can mean introducing one thing with another (she precedes each lecture with a joke) or outranking someone, as when one title precedes another. The same spelling can also be the plural of precede as a noun, a brief editorial preface placed before an article or essay.

precedes is a form of precede

precede, verb: To come or go before something in time, order, or position. Full entry

Forms
precedeprecedes he/she/itpreceding -ing formpreceded past tense, past participle
Spelling
precede → precedes: add -s
Sound
The ending sounds like /z/.

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