precede
/pɹɪˈsid/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Cultural genocide precedes physical genocide."
- "But harm precedes not sin: onely our Foe / Tempting affronts us with his foul esteem / Of our integritie"
- "This is the custom of sending on a basket-woman, who is to precede the pomp at a coronation, and to strew the stage with flowers, before the great personages begin their procession."
- "An interesting feature in the weeks preceding the diversions was the provision of a road-learning train to familiarise main line drivers with the alternative route."
- "It has been usual to precede hostilities by a public declaration communicated to the enemy."
Etymology
From Middle French précéder, from Latin praecēdō, from prae- + cēdō.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɹɪˈsid/
- British English: /pɹɪˈsiːd/