All 4 Uses of
precede
in
The Hot Zone
- But it seems possible that in the years preceding the outbreak of Marburg virus in Germany, a hidden outbreak of the virus occurred on the slopes of Mount Elgon.†
p. 43.1preceding = prior (in time or space)
- They put her in a private room at the hospital, where she began to die with the same signs and symptoms that had preceded Sister M. E.'s death.†
p. 110.4 *preceded = went or was before
- It is a characteristic of a predator to become invisible to its prey during the quiet and sometimes lengthy stalk that precedes an explosive attack.†
p. 136.4precedes = goes, does, or is before
- It was the Fri day evening at the end of the week following Thanksgiving, the start of a quiet weekend that precedes the Christmas season.†
p. 301.1
Definition:
to go or do before