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come beforecome before /ˌkʌm bɪˈfɔr/ verb phrase ► come before to exist or happen before an event or action or before something else in a series: Our birthdays are both in April, but mine comes before my brother's.His name comes before yours on the list.It was a beautiful cool fall, which was a relief after the hot summer that came before it.► precede AWL (formal) precede means the same as come before but is used in formal writing and speech: A flash of lightning preceded the thunder by a few seconds.Prayers for the dead were preceded by songs praising God.➔ When precede is used in the passive phrase "be preceded by," the first thing that happens is second in the sentence. So, in the sentence The speeches were preceded by a dinner, the dinner happened first, and the speeches happened after it.► predate if one thing or event predates another, the first thing happened or existed earlier in history than the other: The ancient temple probably predates the Inca empire. |