precede: [14] Precede is one of a large family of English words (including concede, proceed, succeed, and of course cede) which go back ultimately to Latin cēdere ‘go away, withdraw, yield’. In this case the ancestor was Latin praecēdere ‘go before’, a compound verb formed with the prefix prae- ‘before’, which English acquired via Old French preceder. Precedent [15] goes back to the Latin verb’s present participle, precession [16] to the late Latin derivative praecessiō. => cede, concede, predecessor, proceed, succeed
precede (v.)
early 15c., "lead the way; occur before," from Middle French preceder and directly from Latin praecedere "to go before," from prae "before" (see pre-) + cedere "to go" (see cede). Meaning "to walk in front of" is late 15c.; that of "to go before in rank or importance" is attested from mid-15c. Related: Preceded; preceding.
例文
1. He gestured to Alice to precede them from the room.
彼はアリスにジェスチャーをして、彼女を彼らの前で部屋から出させた。
2.Attributive adjectives precede the noun.
定語形容詞は名詞の前に位置している。
3.Agricultural development simply must precede economic development.
農業の発展は経済発展全体の中でリードしていなければならない。
4.It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun they modify.
形容詞は一般的に修飾された名詞の前に置かれるのが英語の法則である。
5.This puts the cart before the horse ; elections should follow，not precede ，agreement on a constitution.