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ANTECEDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does antecede mean?
• ANTECEDE (verb)
The verb ANTECEDE has 1 sense:
1. be earlier in time; go back further
Familiarity information: ANTECEDE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they antecede ... he / she / it antecedes
Past simple: anteceded
Past participle: anteceded
-ing form: anteceding
... he / she / it antecedes Past simple: anteceded
Past participle: anteceded
-ing form: anteceding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be earlier in time; go back further
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
antecede; antedate; forego; forgo; precede; predate
Context example:
Stone tools precede bronze tools
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
antecedence; antecedency (preceding in time)
antecedent (a preceding occurrence or cause or event)
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