precede vs proceed :

precede vs proceed

precede or proceed

Proceed is used to show approval to go forward with a plan of action.

"We shall now proceed with the building project."

Precede means to come before something or prior to.

"His car preceded mine during the parade."


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Definitions

  • v  be earlier in time; go back further
    Stone tools precede bronze tools
  • v  come before
    Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify
  • v  be the predecessor of
    Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands
  • v  move ahead (of others) in time or space
  • v  furnish with a preface or introduction
    She always precedes her lectures with a joke

  • v  continue talking
  • v  move ahead; travel onward in time or space
    We proceeded towards Washington
  • v  follow a procedure or take a course
  • v  follow a certain course
  • v  continue a certain state, condition, or activity
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