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Third Person
antecedes
Present Participle
anteceding
Past Tense
anteceded
Past Participle
anteceded
1
to happen or come before something else in a sequence, order, or arrangement
- Dream analysis in psychotherapy seeks to understand what events may have anteceded troubling nightmares.
- Heavy rains often antecede the arrival of tropical storms along coastal regions.
- Medical history taking aims to clarify any symptoms that may have anteceded the present illness.
- Economic indicators that reliably antecede recessions help forecasters predict downturns.
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