precede
VERB
/prɪ'sid/
7 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH P
precede is a valid 7-letter word worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
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P3R1E1C3E1D2E1
3 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 1 =12 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 24TRIPLE WORD → 36
MEANING
What does precede mean?
VERB · 5 SENSES
1
Be earlier in time; go back further.
“Stone tools precede bronze tools”
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2
Move ahead (of others) in time or space.
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3
Furnish with a preface or introduction.
“She always precedes her lectures with a joke”
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4
Come before.
“Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify”
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5
Be the predecessor of.
“Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands”
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