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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. be the predecessor of;
- Example: "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
[syn: precede, come before]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

come before
    v 1: be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line
         of Susan's husbands" [syn: precede, come before] [ant:
         come after, follow, succeed]