Proceed vs Preceded - What's the difference?
proceed | preceded |
To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun.
To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.
To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from.
To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act by method; to prosecute a design.
* John Locke
To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
* Shakespeare
To have application or effect; to operate.
* Ayliffe
To begin and carry on a legal process. (rfex)
(precede)
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To go before, go in front of.
* Milton
To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.
* Kent
To have higher rank than (someone or something else).
(en-noun) Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)
As verbs the difference between proceed and preceded
is that proceed is to move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun while preceded is (precede).proceed
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(en verb)- to proceed on a journey.
- To proceed with a story or argument.
- Light proceeds from the sun.
- he that proceeds upon other Principles in his Enquiry
- He will, after his sour fashion, tell you / What hath proceeded worthy note to-day.
- This rule only proceeds and takes place when a person can not of common law condemn another by his sentence.
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See * Not to be confused with precede. * Many of the other English verbs ultimately derived from Latin are spelled ending in "cede", so the misspelling "procede" is common.Synonyms
* progressAntonyms
* regress * recedeReferences
* *See also
* proceeds (noun)Anagrams
* English control verbspreceded
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(head)precede
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(preced)- Harm precedes not sin.
- It is usual to precede hostilities by a public declaration.