preceded

[pri-see-did]

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of precede.

Other Word Forms

• unpreceded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of preceded¹

First recorded in 1400–50; preced(e) ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for simple past tense; preced(e) ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for past participle

Example Sentences

Sixty percent have already triggered, just shy of the 70% average that has preceded past market peaks.

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We feel keenly aware of our place in the present, the vast history that preceded us, and the long future that lies ahead.

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What’s different this time—and I write this acknowledging the freight that phrase carries—is that previous crashes were preceded by tight Fed policies.

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The Mahler was preceded by a mostly Stravinsky program.

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The book covers the years leading up to Spears’ 2008 psychiatric hold, which preceded the court-ordered conservatorship that governed her life for 13 years.

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Related Words

• anticipate 
• foreshadow 
• predate 
• presage