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Definition of antecede in English: antecedeverb antɪˈsiːd [with object]Come before (something) in time, order, or position; precede. investigative reporting long antecedes the invention of miniature cameras Example sentencesExamples - These works generally narrate events of the century 930–1030, and thus antecede the composition of the sagas by at least 200 years.
- The origin and genomic dispersion of several microsatellites might have anteceded species diversification.
- And, of course, questions of sense antecede questions of empirical truth - for if something makes no sense, it can be neither true nor false.
- The advent of a state company charged with mitigating energy scarcities anteceded by a price freeze testifies to the validity of Ludwig von Mises's insight that one government intervention necessitates another.
- Students from area schools visit the canoes to learn about sailing and navigation, and about the ancient values that anteceded those skills.
- A replacement of the airline's management on November 16 anteceded the expected announcement of the privatisation strategy.
- Our finding that behavioral disturbance anteceded the development of wheeze and was not a secondary psychological reaction to disease is consistent with another recently published prospective study of a high-risk population.
- He has been the Press Director of the Atlantic Club in Sofia anteceding a career in the American-owned Radio Free Europe.
Origin Late Middle English: from Latin antecedere, from ante 'before' + cedere 'go'. |