Precedes

Part of Math Symbols

Precedes has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.

Alt code
None
HTML entity
≺
Unicode
U+227A

About this symbol

≺, precedes, orders things that are not plain numbers, such as the steps of a process. In economics y ≺ x says that x is preferred to y, the mirror of x ≻ y.

Unicode facts

Official name
PRECEDES
Also called
Lower rank than
Type
Maths symbol
Unicode block
Mathematical Operators
Unicode group
Relations
Added in
Unicode 1.1 (1993)
Related
⊰ Precedes Under Relation U+22B0

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