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precedency
(encz) | precedency, n: |
Precedency
(gcide) | Precedence \Pre*ced"ence\, Precedency \Pre*ced"en*cy\, n. [Cf.
F. pr['e]c['e]dence. See Precede.]
1. The act or state of preceding or going before in order of
time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.
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2. The act or state of going or being before in rank or
dignity, or the place of honor; right to a more honorable
place; superior rank; as, barons have precedence of
commoners.
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Which of them [the different desires] has the
precedency in determining the will to the next
action? --Locke.
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Syn: Antecedence; priority; pre["e]minence; preference;
superiority.
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precedency
(wn) | precedency
n 1: 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" [syn: precedence, precedency,
priority]
2: preceding in time [syn: priority, antecedence,
antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency]
[ant: posteriority, subsequence, subsequentness]
3: the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a
ceremony) [syn: precession, precedence, precedency] |
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precedency
(encz) | precedency, n: |
precedency
(wn) | precedency
n 1: 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" [syn: precedence, precedency,
priority]
2: preceding in time [syn: priority, antecedence,
antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency]
[ant: posteriority, subsequence, subsequentness]
3: the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a
ceremony) [syn: precession, precedence, precedency] |
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