precede
B2Academic AWL-6UK /prɪˈsiːd/US /prɪˈsiːd/
Meaning
verb
to happen before something or come before something/somebody in order
“the years preceding the war”
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“One of the greatest formative experiences of my life preceded Harry Potter, though it informed much of what I subsequently wrote in those books.”
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One of the greatest formative experiences of my life preceded Harry Potter, though it informed much of what I subsequently wrote in those books.
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