All 7 Uses of
precede
in
The Bourne Identity
- Washburn preceded the man through the living room to the door in the rear wall that led to the dispensary.†
Chpt 1preceded = went or was before
- Everything that preceded it-the hysteria-had to be erased so you could cope, survive.†
Chpt 2
- He addressed no one without an obscenity preceding his name, a habit the patient found increasingly maddening.†
Chpt 2 *preceding = prior (in time or space)
- Two muted gunshots preceded the closing of the doors, the bullets embedding themselves in the thick wood of the ceiling.†
Chpt 5preceded = went or was before
- As they say, your reputation precedes you.†
Chpt 8precedes = goes, does, or is before
- Bourne did not have to read the second paragraph to know that Howard Leland had been Admiral H. R. Leland, United States Navy, until an interim appointment as director of Naval Intelligence preceded his ambassadorship to the Quai d'Orsay in Paris.†
Chpt 11preceded = went or was before
- Two clicks preceded a long hum over the line.†
Chpt 35
Definition:
to go or do before