A Preceded By B, so which comes first? [closed]

I was reading a technical requirement documentation and it says:

A Save Event preceded by the user un-checking the "Active" check box...

So does it mean that they un-check the "Active" check box and then they Save?

Solution 1:

If B precedes A (i.e. B comes before A) then A is preceded by B.

Therefore in your example the user un-checking the "Active" box precedes the save event. So they un-check the box and then they Save.