ANTECEDE Synonyms: 8 Similar and Opposite Words

antecede

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ˌan-tə-ˈsēd

Definition of antecede

as in to precede

to go or come before in time the 19th-century Pre-Raphaelites claimed to base their principles and practices on the Italian art that anteceded Raphael and other masters of the High Renaissance

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Kirk hit a slow dribbler to Rojas that preceded his throwing error.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2026
On the plane back to Rome, Olivier unsurprisingly gives up the ghost, preceded two seconds earlier by non-diegetic piano music superfluously clueing us in to what’s just about to happen.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

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