different between precede vs cede

English

Alternative forms

• præcede (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French précéder, from Latin praec?d?, from prae- + c?d?.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???si?d/, /p???si?d/, /p?i??si?d/
• Rhymes: -i?d

Verb

precede (third-person singular simple present precedes, present participle preceding, simple past and past participle preceded)

1. (transitive) To go before, go in front of.
2. (transitive) To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.
   • 1832, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law, Volume 1, page 52

     It has been usual to precede hostilities by a public declaration communicated to the enemy.

3. (transitive) To have higher rank than (someone or something else).

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with proceed.
• This word is commonly misspelt as preceed.

Synonyms

• (go before): forego; see also Thesaurus:precede

Antonyms

• (go before): succeed; see also Thesaurus:succeed

Related terms

• precedence
• precedent
• unprecedented

Translations

Noun

precede (plural precedes)

1. Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)

Anagrams

• creeped

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?de

Verb

precede

1. third-person singular present indicative of precedere

Portuguese

Verb

precede

1. third-person singular present indicative of preceder
2. second-person singular imperative of preceder

Spanish

Verb

precede

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of preceder.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of preceder.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of preceder.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ceder, from Old French ceder, from Latin c?d? (“to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *?yesd?- (“to drive away; to go away”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si?d/
• Rhymes: -i?d
• Homophones: sede, seed

Verb

cede (third-person singular simple present cedes, present participle ceding, simple past and past participle ceded)

1. (transitive) To give up; yield to another.

2. (intransitive) To give way.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• cede the field

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• dece

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???.de/
• Rhymes: -?de

Verb

cede

1. third-person singular present indicative of cedere

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ke?.de/, [?ke?d??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?t??e.de/, [?t????d??]

Verb

c?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of c?d?

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ce?de

Verb

cede

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of ceder
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of ceder

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

cede (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. third-person plural present of cediti

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /??ede/, [??e.ð?e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?sede/, [?se.ð?e]
• Homophone: sede (Latin America)

Verb

cede

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of ceder.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of ceder.