# \prec

The ≺ symbol (Precedes, U+227A), written as \prec in LaTeX math mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/prec

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Relations](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/relations) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ≺ |
| Unicode | U+227A PRECEDES |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\prec
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

0.08% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 145 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+227A (PRECEDES).