{
    "term": "precede",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "precede",
            "heSheIt": "precedes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "preceded",
        "pastParticiple": "preceded",
        "ingForm": "preceding"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to happen before something or come before something/somebody in order",
            "sensetop": "precede somebody/something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the years preceding the war"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His resignation was preceded by weeks of speculation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She preceded me in the job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "in the moments which immediately preceded the earthquake"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["directly", "immediately", "generally"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to go in front of somebody",
            "sensetop": "precede somebody + adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She preceded him out of the room."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to do or say something to introduce something else",
            "sensetop": "precede something with something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She preceded her speech with a vote of thanks to the committee."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈsiːd/",
                "audio": "pr/precede/precede__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈsiːdz/",
                "audio": "pr/precede/precedes__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈsiːdɪd/",
                "audio": "pr/precede/preceded__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈsiːdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/precede/preceding__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈsiːd/",
                "audio": "pr/precede/precede__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈsiːdz/",
                "audio": "pr/precede/precedes__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈsiːdɪd/",
                "audio": "pr/precede/preceded__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈsiːdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/precede/preceding__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French preceder, from Latin praecedere, from prae ‘before’ + cedere ‘go’."
}