Precede and Run

Precede

Precede verb - To go or come before in time.

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Run and precede are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Run" instead a verb "Precede".

Nearby Words: precedent, preceding, precedence

Run verb - To go at a pace faster than a walk.

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Precede and run are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Precede" instead a verb "Run".

Nearby Word: running

In Orson Welles's Radio Drama adaptation of The War of the Worlds, rocket-launch explosions on the surface of Mars precede the Martian invaders' arrival by only a few minutes, as allowing any more time for their multimillion-mile journey would've run too long for the broadcast.

Source: Sci Fi Writers Have / No Sense Of Distance

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Run and Precede. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/precede/run

Precede & Run. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/precede/run>.

Run or Precede. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/precede/run.

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