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preceding |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb precede 1 of 4 senses of precede Sense 4 precede, lead => lead, head Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb precede 1 of 4 senses of precede Sense 4 precede, lead => lead, head => draw away Entailment of verb precede Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb precede 4 senses of precede Sense 1 predate, precede, forego, antecede, antedate Sense 2 precede, predate => lie Sense 3 precede, come before Sense 4 precede, lead => travel, go move locomote Familiarity of verb precede precede used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb precede Sense 1 predate, precede, forego, antecede, antedate -------------- Sense 2 precede, predate => lie -------------- Sense 3 precede, come before -------------- Sense 4 precede, lead => travel, go move locomote -------------- Overview of verb precede The verb precede has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (9) predate, precede, forego, antecede, antedate -- (be earlier in time; go back further) 2. (6) precede, predate -- (come before "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify") 3. (3) precede, come before -- (be the predecessor of) 4. (1) precede, lead -- (move ahead (of others) in time or space) Overview of adj preceding The adj preceding has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (7) preceding -- (existing or coming before) 2. (2) antecedent, preceding -- (preceding in time or order) 3. past, preceding, retiring -- (of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board") Antonyms of adj preceding 3 senses of preceding Sense 1 preceding(postnominal) (vs. succeeding) succeeding(postnominal) (vs. preceding) => apres-ski => back-to-back, consecutive => ensuing => following(postnominal), undermentioned => in line => following, next => post => postmortem Sense 2 antecedent (vs. subsequent), preceding Sense 3 past(postnominal), preceding(postnominal), retiring(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA outgoing) -> incoming Similarity of adj preceding 3 senses of preceding Sense 1 preceding(postnominal) (vs. succeeding) => above => above-mentioned, above-named => foregoing(postnominal) => introductory, prefatorial, prefatory => pre => precedent => preparatory, preparative, propaedeutic => pretrial => previous(postnominal), old => premedical Also See-> antecedent#1, preceding#2 Sense 2 antecedent (vs. subsequent), preceding => ante => anterior, prior(postnominal) => anticipatory, prevenient => preexistent Also See-> preceding#1 Sense 3 past(postnominal), preceding(postnominal), retiring(postnominal) => outgoing (vs. incoming) Attributes of adj preceding 1 of 3 senses of preceding Sense 1 preceding(postnominal) (vs. succeeding) => timing => temporal relation Familiarity of adj preceding preceding used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj preceding preceding Overview of verb precede The verb precede has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (9) predate, precede, forego, antecede, antedate -- (be earlier in time; go back further) 2. (6) precede, predate -- (come before "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify") 3. (3) precede, come before -- (be the predecessor of) 4. (1) precede, lead -- (move ahead (of others) in time or space) Overview of adj preceding The adj preceding has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (7) preceding -- (existing or coming before) 2. (2) antecedent, preceding -- (preceding in time or order) 3. past, preceding, retiring -- (of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board")
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