0 past simple and past participle of precede
1 to be or go before something or someone in time or space:
Kofi Annan preceded Ban Ki-moon as the Secretary-General of the UN.
It would be helpful if you were to precede the report with an introduction.
This evening's talk will be preceded by a brief introduction from Mr Appleby.
The attacks were preceded by a period of unrest in the capital city.
He preceded Dennis Healey as the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
I'm not sure if I fully understand the sentence which precedes this one.
Each chapter is preceded by a contents page, has clear subject headings throughout, and concludes with a summary and suggestions for further reading.
This task always preceded the word recognition task.
The articles are preceded by the editors' overview of the status of paradigms in phonological theory.
