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# precede

verb (precede, precedes, preceded, preceding)

«precede» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(formal) To come or go before something in time, order or place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precede/#m1)

### In the lessons

In maths it helps with order: in a number line, 4 precedes 5; the number that precedes 10 is 9. In grammar, an article precedes a noun. In history and exam questions, «the events that preceded the war» means what happened first. Phrases: the preceding page, preceded by.

### Examples

- Lightning precedes thunder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precede/#x1)
- In the alphabet, A precedes B. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precede/#x2)
- The number that precedes 100 is 99. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precede/#x3)
- The main show was preceded by a short film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precede/#x4)
- Read the preceding paragraph again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precede/#x5)
- A short silence preceded the cheers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precede/#x6)
- She became united to Erebus, and their children were Aether and Hemera (Air and Daylight), evidently a simile of the poets, to indicate that darkness always precedes light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precede/#x7)

### Note

Do not confuse with proceed (go on). Precede = come before; proceed = continue. The noun is precedence. In maths problems, «precedes» means one less (or earlier) in a counting order.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah's readers, the question of what came first (nothing, the Zero, voice, air or speech) shows how the tradition thinks about the order of creation. In the primary lessons: In maths it helps with order: in a number line, 4 precedes 5; the number that precedes 10 is 9. In grammar, an article precedes a noun. In history and exam questions, «the events that preceded the war» means what happened first. Phrases: the preceding page, preceded by.

### Examples

- Ain precedes Ain Suph, boundlessness; and Ain Suph Aur, Boundless Light. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/precede/#x1)
- Some believed that the Zero, 0 preceded the One, 1. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/precede/#x2)
- It holds that chaos was not even the first thing created, but was preceded by voice, air, and speech-"). (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/precede/#x3)

### Note

Do not confuse with proceed (go on). Precede = come before; proceed = continue. The noun is precedence. In maths problems, «precedes» means one less (or earlier) in a counting order.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «precede» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precede/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «precede» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/precede/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«precede» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/precede.html) on Mova free.