precedence

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noun

1. status established in order of importance or urgency (Freq. 2)
- ...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals
- national independence takes priority over class struggle
• Syn:
precedency, priority
• Derivationally related forms:
prioritize (for: priority), precedential
• Hypernyms:
high status
• Hyponyms:
back burner, front burner
2. preceding in time
• Syn:
priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedency
• Ant:
posteriority (for: priority)
• Derivationally related forms:
precede (for: precedency), precedent, precede, anterior (for: anteriority), antecedent (for: antecedency), antecede (for: antecedency), antecedent (for: antecedence), antecede (for: antecedence), prior (for: priority), prioritize (for: priority)
• Hypernyms:
earliness
3. the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
• Syn:
precession, precedency
• Derivationally related forms:
precedent (for: precedency), precede (for: precedency), precedent, precede, precede (for: precession)
• Hypernyms:
activity

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  precession, precedency, priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  posteriority, subsequentness, subsequence