Comes before (8)
I believe the answer is:
precedes
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">comes before</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('precede' can be a synonym of 'come before')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for precedes that I've seen before include "Goes in front (of)" , "Comes before" , "Goes before in time or order" , "has priority" , "Heralds" .)