Main entry: precede, preface, premise, introduce
Definition: furnish with a preface or introduction
Usage: She always precedes her lectures with a joke; He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution
Definition: move ahead (of others) in time or space
Main entry: precede, come before
Definition: be the predecessor of
Usage: Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands
Definition: come before
Usage: Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify
Main entry: forego, forgo, precede, predate, antecede, antedate
Definition: be earlier in time; go back further
Usage: Stone tools precede bronze tools