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Definition of Precedence
1. Noun. Status established in order of importance or urgency. "National independence takes priority over class struggle"
Exact synonyms: Precedency, Priority
Generic synonyms: High Status
Specialized synonyms: Back Burner, Front Burner
Derivative terms: Precedential, Prioritize
Generic synonyms: High Status
Specialized synonyms: Back Burner, Front Burner
Derivative terms: Precedential, Prioritize
2. Noun. Preceding in time.
Exact synonyms: Antecedence, Antecedency, Anteriority, Precedency, Priority
Generic synonyms: Earliness
Derivative terms: Antecede, Antecedent, Antecede, Antecedent, Anterior, Precede, Precedent, Precede, Prior, Prioritize
Antonyms: Posteriority
Generic synonyms: Earliness
Derivative terms: Antecede, Antecedent, Antecede, Antecedent, Anterior, Precede, Precedent, Precede, Prior, Prioritize
Antonyms: Posteriority
3. Noun. The act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony).
Exact synonyms: Precedency, Precession
Generic synonyms: Activity
Derivative terms: Precede, Precedent, Precede, Precedent, Precede, Precede, Precede
Generic synonyms: Activity
Derivative terms: Precede, Precedent, Precede, Precedent, Precede, Precede, Precede
Definition of Precedence
1. n. The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.
Definition of Precedence
1. Noun. The state of preceding in importance or priority. ¹
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Definition of Precedence
1. [n -S]