Precedence

Quick meaning: Precedence is a noun meaning The state of preceding in importance or priority.

Meaning

The state of preceding in importance or priority.

More Meanings

1. Precedent.

Example Sentences

Family takes precedence over work, in an emergency.

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.

I wrote to […] Mr. Payne, who was wholly unconscious that we were engaged on the same work, and freely offered him precedence and possession of the field till no longer wanted.

[…] A fool alone will / contest the precedence of ancestors / and gods; the wise wisely / sing them grandiloquent lullabies / knowing they are children / those omnipotent deities.

Word Forms

• precedences

Synonyms for precedence

Depending on context, synonyms include anteriority, priority, antecedence, precedency, precession, antecedency.

Antonyms for precedence

Common opposites include posteriority, subsequence, subsequentness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include anteriority, priority, precedency, antecedence, antecedency, precession.

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