Preceed or precede?
Did you mean precede? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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preceed
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precede
Correct spelling: precede. Misspelling: preceed.
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Memory tip
It ends in -cede; only exceed, proceed and succeed end in -ceed.
Why people write “preceed”
Only three common English verbs end in -ceed (exceed, proceed, succeed); this word is not one of them, so it ends in -cede.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make precede automatic.
What does “precede” mean?
precede verb
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Precede” in a sentence
- A short speech will precede the dinner.
- Stone tools precede bronze tools.
- Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify.
- Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands.
Is “precede” a playable word?
12 points in Scrabble · 14 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“preceed” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from PRECEDE.