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precedent
  1. An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
  2. (law) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.
  3. (obsolete, with definite article) The aforementioned (thing).
  4. The previous version.
  5. (obsolete) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. model, example, pattern, exemplar, paradigm, authority, guide, standard, prototype, lead, criterion, instance, antecedent, yardstick, practice, previous case, previous instance, prior case, prior example, prior instance, previous example, archetype, norm, touchstone, ideal, measure, benchmark, guideline, blueprint, gauge, gage, template, basis, sample, barometer, bar, illustration, point of reference, mark, reference, metric, embodiment, indicator, grade, paragon, test, quintessence, essence, par, specification … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “He dreaded lest, in some future combination of circumstances, it might be adduced as a precedent for some fatal inroad on the constitution.”
precession
  1. (uncountable) Precedence.
  2. (physics) The wobbling motion of the axis of a spinning body when there is an external force acting on the axis.
  3. (astronomy) The slow gyration of the earth’'s axis around the pole of the ecliptic, caused mainly by the gravitational torque of the sun and moon.
  4. Any of several slow changes in an astronomical body's rotational or orbital parameters.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. precedency, rank, priority, preeminence, supremacy, preference, superiority, lead, seniority, antecedence, earliness, preexistence, primary, anteposition, prevenience, previousness, right of way, primacy, ascendancy, eminence, precedence, pre-eminence, first place, right-of-way, pride of place, importance, urgency, import, weight, weighting, antecedency, anteriority, significance, predominance, favour, advantage, favor, order, transcendence, favouritism, preferment, favoritism, prelation, weightage, greatest importance, greater importance, preferential treatment, favoured treatment, the lead … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “Because of the precession of the equinoxes the tropical year is shorter by about 21 minutes than the sidereal year.”
      “This is the phenomenon of precession, caused by the Earth's axis slowly rotating around the celestial poles.”
      “Of course, the anomalous precession of Mercury was already known, and general relativity could explain it.”
predecessor
  1. One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
  2. A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.
  3. (mathematics) A vertex having a directed path to another vertex
  4. Synonyms:
      5. former holder of the post, former job holder, previous holder of the post, previous job holder, prior job holder, original, archetype, antecedent, forerunner, prototype, foregoer, precedent, precursor, earlier model, earlier version, initial model, initial version, legacy model, legacy version, original model, original version, past model, past version, previous model, previous version, prior model, prior version, originator, source, founder, progenitor, sire, master, model, exemplar, paradigm, pattern, father, protoplast, type, invention, standard, template, real McCoy, mold, genuine article, mould, ancestor, forebear … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “The new manager wasted no time in restructuring the processes put in place by his predecessor.”
      “The latest iPhone has a longer battery life than its predecessor.”
      “Your great-grandfather was our first predecessor who moved to this country.”
precedence
  1. The state of preceding in importance or priority.
  2. Precedent.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. priority, primacy, supremacy, rank, ascendancy, preeminence, superiority, preference, precedency, lead, eminence, seniority, antecedence, anteposition, earliness, precession, preexistence, prevenience, previousness, primary, pre-eminence, first place, right-of-way, pride of place, transcendence, dominance, predominance, importance, dominion, weighting, authority, advantage, paramountcy, leadership, urgency, weight, import, greater importance, domination, edge, command, prepotency, power, preponderance, sovereignty, preponderancy, vantage, weightage, whip hand, upper hand … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Even the TV had the grace to allow a bad weather news day to take precedence.”
      “This is typical of our mainstream media, the glitterati's inanities invariably gain precedence over profound social and national issues.”
      “I believe that my dharma is to prove that the Force for Good takes precedence over the force for evil in mankind.”
precedency
  1. Precedence; superiority.
  2. (obsolete) The fact of serving as a precedent.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. rank, priority, preeminence, supremacy, preference, superiority, lead, seniority, antecedence, earliness, precession, preexistence, primary, anteposition, prevenience, previousness, right of way, precedence, importance, urgency, import, weight, weighting, pre-eminence, primacy, ascendancy, first place, pride of place, antecedency, anteriority, eminence, right-of-way, significance, predominance, favour, advantage, favor, order, transcendence, favouritism, preferment, favoritism, prelation, weightage, greatest importance, greater importance, preferential treatment, favoured treatment, the lead … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The like has followed about the precedency of princes and their ambassadors.”
      “I believe there is some tremendous question respecting the precedency of this lady.”
      “Among the latter, they certainly had no precedency, so far as history reaches.”
predecessoress
  1. (rare) A female predecessor.
precessor
  1. (obsolete) A predecessor; one who came before.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Paul Hedman, his precessor will be missed, and we wish him the best of luck on his future endeavors.”
unprecedentedness
  1. Quality of being unprecedented.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. originality, freshness, unconventionality, uniqueness, unorthodoxy, nonconformity, newness, individuality, unfamiliarity, novelty, unusualness, modernity, distinctiveness, break with tradition, recentness, innovation, innovativeness, creativity, change, inventiveness, newfangledness, creativeness, strangeness, imaginativeness, mutation, crazy, dernier cri, last word, quirkiness, origination, vicissitude, permutation, originalness, recency, inspiration, ingenuity, imagination, resourcefulness, artistry, cleverness, ingeniousness, genius, invention, vision, expressiveness, up-to-dateness, entrepreneurship, creative power, creative talent, modernness … more
precede
  1. Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)
predecessour
  1. Obsolete form of predecessor.
predecessoresses
  1. plural of predecessoress
predecessours
  1. plural of predecessour
predecessors
  1. plural of predecessor
  2. Synonyms:
      3. ancestors, forefathers, forebears, progenitors, primogenitors, antecedents, fathers, forbears, forebearers, forerunners, grandfathers, precursors, tupunas, antecessors, ascendants, foremothers, founders, fore-elders, archetypes, prototypes, foregoers, relatives, precedents, originals, grandaddies, granddaddies, daddies, ancestry, parentage, birth, pedigree, genealogy, background, family tree, descent, lineage, line, line of descent, bloodline, blood, extraction, derivation, race, strain, stock, breed, dynasty, house, heritage, roots … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Some of these individuals might be at an advantage over their predecessors, because they might be more able to adapt to new conditions.”
      “He is a policy wonk to his core, more well-read in policy ideas than almost any of his colleagues or predecessors.”
      “But, like its predecessors, it has an ability to make itself heard above the din of the crowded media marketplace.”
precessions
  1. plural of precession
  2. Synonyms:
      3. precedencies, ranks, priorities, preeminences, supremacies, preferences, superiorities, leads, seniorities, antecedences, earlinesses, preexistences, antepositions, preveniences, previousness, right of ways, primacies, ascendancies, eminences, precedences, rights-of-way, pride of place, importances, urgencies, imports, weights, weightings, anteriorities, significances, favors, advantages, favours, preferments, favoritisms, favouritisms, predominances, prelations, transcendences, orders … more
precedences
  1. plural of precedence
  2. Synonyms:
      3. priorities, primacies, supremacies, ranks, ascendancies, preeminences, superiorities, preferences, precedencies, leads, eminences, seniorities, antecedences, antepositions, earlinesses, precessions, preexistences, preveniences, previousness, rights-of-way, pride of place, dominances, authorities, transcendences, powers, edges, advantages, predominances, importances, dominions, weightings, sways, masteries, paramountcies, leaderships, urgencies, imports, weights, dominations, commands, prepotencies, preponderances, sovereignties, preponderancies, vantages, whip hands, significances, anteriorities, orders, forefronts … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “A bit of a shock it was to learn that in this rough land they had their castes and precedences.”
      “Alongside this collection there was another book that came to be regarded and used as a book of precedences.”
      “You can see from his books that he accepts etiquettes, precedences, associations, claims.”
precedencies
  1. plural of precedency
  2. Synonyms:
      3. ranks, priorities, preeminences, supremacies, preferences, superiorities, leads, seniorities, antecedences, earlinesses, precessions, preexistences, antepositions, preveniences, previousness, right of ways, precedences, importances, urgencies, imports, weights, primacies, weightings, ascendancies, pride of place, anteriorities, eminences, rights-of-way, significances, favors, advantages, favours, preferments, favoritisms, favouritisms, predominances, prelations, transcendences, orders, latterness … more
precedents
  1. plural of precedent
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rules, regulations, orders, ruling, laws, canon, directives, ordinances, commands, decrees, dictums, directions, edicts, instructions, precepts, statutes, acts, commandments, guidelines, mandates, prescriptions, procedures, pronouncements, requirements, stipulations, bylaws, criteria, dictates, guides, imperatives, injunctions, proclamations, documentation, principles, rubric, decorum, etiquette, proprieties, regs, by-laws, rulebook, no-nos, court orders, law, doctrine, statute, maxims, prescription, instruction, rulings … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “To make a prediction, one of the best ways is to turn to precedents according to the principle of stare decisis.”
      “There are precedents setting a high barrier against prior restraint because of its inhibitory effects on freedom of expression.”
      “The sixteenth-century precedents regarding female rule in England, however, remained in abeyance until Anne's reign.”
precessors
  1. plural of precessor
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