Synonyms of precedes

precedes

verb

present tense third-person singular of precede

as in predates

to go or come before in time

there are two speeches which will precede yours

Synonyms & Similar Words

• predates
• antedates
• foregoes
• preexists
• antecedes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• follows
• succeeds
• postdates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of precedes

Aquino had recently been awarded second place in the regional pageant, which precedes the national Miss Universe Honduras pageant. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026

Their interaction precedes one of the film’s most nightmarish moments, involving a mixture of practical and special effects that Patel compares to An American Werewolf in London. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 July 2026

After running into overbought territory on the push above $90, momentum has cooled to a level that historically precedes the next leg higher in a stock with this kind of trend structure. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 13 July 2026

As a result, organizers decided that once the peloton reached France for the last 40 kilometers, the publicity caravan — a 10-kilometer-long procession of sponsor vehicles that precedes the race — would not operate. — ABC News, 6 July 2026

Your mental exhaustion often precedes your physical limitations. — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2026

Machine learning has identified systematic changes of microseismic activity that precedes large ruptures, and some studies of the physics of earthquakes have started to provide explanations of why that happens. — Sylvain Barbot, The Conversation, 26 June 2026

The poem that precedes it, the Iliad, is a cruel and beautiful work, the ultimate story of war; the Odyssey has its warlike passages, but its central energies seem almost commonplace beside the merciless fury of Achilles. — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026

Yet the Utah pilot and the broader national debate reveal a deeper governance gap that precedes questions of licensure or competency testing. — Torie Bosch, STAT, 20 June 2026