Defenition of the word precedence

• Defenition of the word precedence

  • status established in order of importance or urgency: "...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals"; "national independence takes priority over class struggle"
  • the act of preceding
  • preceding in time
  • the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
  • status established in order of importance or urgency; "...its precedence as the world''s leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals"; "national independence takes priority over class struggle"
  • status established in order of importance or urgency

Synonyms for the word precedence

• • antecedence
  • antecedency
  • anteriority
  • precedency
  • precession
  • priority

Hyponyms for the word precedence

• • back burner
  • front burner

Hypernyms for the word precedence

• • activity
  • earliness
  • high status

Antonyms for the word precedence

• • posteriority
  • subsequence
  • subsequentness

See other words

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  • The interpretation of the word overrates
  • What is meant by lay it on with a trowel
  • The lexical meaning go on and on about
  • The dictionary meaning of the word go over the top about
  • The grammatical meaning of the word respectfully
  • Meaning of the word value too highly
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word prize too highly
  • The origin of the word outspreading
  • Synonym for the word outspreads
  • Antonyms for the word respectables
  • Homonyms for the word vancouver
  • Hyponyms for the word vandalizing
  • Holonyms for the word vandals
  • Hypernyms for the word vanes
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word respectably
  • Translation of the word in other languages vanillas