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Results for: "precede"

Translating from English to Polish

Translations:

precede
→ poprzedzać

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


VERB (5)

1. be earlier in time; go back further;
- Example: "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
[syn: predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate]

2. come before;
- Example: "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
[syn: precede, predate]

3. be the predecessor of;
- Example: "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
[syn: precede, come before]

4. move ahead (of others) in time or space;
[syn: precede, lead]

5. furnish with a preface or introduction;
- Example: "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"
- Example: "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
[syn: precede, preface, premise, introduce]