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precede

Back formal    1 to happen or 
exist
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 before something or someone, or to come before something else in a 
series
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 → preceding 

a type of cloud that precedes rain

 
Lunch will be preceded by a short speech from the chairman.

2
 to go somewhere before someone else 

The guard preceded them down the corridor.

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