verb (v)

• be earlier in time; go back further(verb.stative)

  Example:
  Stone tools precede bronze tools.
  

  Synonym:
  antecede, antedate, forego, forgo, predate
  Antonym:
  follow, postdate
  

  source: wordnet30
• come before(verb.stative)

  Example:
  Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify.
  

  Synonym:
  predate
  

  source: wordnet30
• be the predecessor of(verb.social)

  Example:
  Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands.
  

  Synonym:
  come before
  Antonym:
  come after, follow, succeed
  

  source: wordnet30
• move ahead (of others) in time or space(verb.motion)

  Synonym:
  lead
  Antonym:
  follow
  

  source: wordnet30
• furnish with a preface or introduction(verb.communication)

  Example:
  She always precedes her lectures with a joke.
  

  Synonym:
  introduce, preface, premise
  

  source: wordnet30
• To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything.(verb)

  source: webster1913