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Precede

To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything.

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Manner of action 9

Antecede 76% connected

To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Antedate 76% connected

Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Forego 76% connected

To quit; to relinquish; to leave.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Forgo 76% connected

To pass by; to leave. See 1st Forego.

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Head 76% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

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Lead 76% connected

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Preamble 76% connected

A introductory portion; an introduction or preface, as to a book, document, etc.; specifically, the introductory part of a statute, which states the…

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Predate 76% connected

To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or letter.

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Prologize 76% connected

To deliver a Prologue.

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Broader term 8

Come 76% connected

of Come

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Lie 76% connected

See Lye.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Say 76% connected

Saw.

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State 76% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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Tell 76% connected

To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Derivationally related 6

Introductory 74% connected

Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory d…

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Introductory 74% connected

Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory d…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Precedency 74% connected

The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.

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Precedency 74% connected

The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.

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Precedent 74% connected

Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.

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Precedent 74% connected

Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 9

Antecede 92% connected

To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Antedate 92% connected

Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Forego 92% connected

To quit; to relinquish; to leave.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Forgo 92% connected

To pass by; to leave. See 1st Forego.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Introduce 92% connected

To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lead 92% connected

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Predate 92% connected

To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or letter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Preface 92% connected

Something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay; a proem; an introduction, or series of preliminary re…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Premise 92% connected

A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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