All 4 Uses of
precede
in
1984 by Orwell
- There it lay, fixed in future times, preceding death as surely as 99 precedes 100.†
p. 140..2 *
- There it lay, fixed in future times, preceding death as surely as 99 precedes 100.†
p. 140..2
- In the preceding quarter, it appeared, the Tenth Three-Year Plan's quota for bootlaces had been overfulfilled by 98 per cent. He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces.†
p. 289..2
- It always meant victory when a trumpet-call preceded the news.†
p. 296..7
Definition:
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(precede) to go or do before