antecede to
antecedent events
antecede in time
A: Did the symptoms antecede the infection?
A：症状是在感染之前出现的吗？
B: Yes, they appeared a few days before the fever.
B：是的，它们在发烧前几天就出现了。
1) 在时间上先于
2) 在顺序上先于
3) 在地位上先于
1. 先于；在……之前发生
verb
1. To come before something in time, order, or importance.
Synonym: precede, antedate