precedence

Noun

Meaning

Alt. of Precedency

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

priority precession antecedence precedency anteriority antecedency eminence order position influence lead authority focus advantage importance

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Antonyms

commons last common community crowd herd

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Hypernyms

activity earliness high status

Hyponyms

back burner front burner

Phrases with the word

take precedence over give precedence give precedence to have precedence over precedence effect precedence rule

Examples

Love is the unity of soul, mind and body. Pay attention to the precedence... Brigitte Bardot

Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live. John Milton

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

When the common good of a society is regarded as something apart from and superior to the individual good of its members, it means that the good of some men takes precedence over the good of others, with those others consigned to the status of sacrificial animals. Ayn Rand

The need of reason is not inspired by the quest for truth but by the quest for meaning. And truth and meaning are not the same. The basic fallacy, taking precedence over all specific metaphysical fallacies, is to interpret meaning on the model of truth. Hannah Arendt

At a dangerous passage yield precedence. Italian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

precedaneous precedaneously precede precedence effect precedence rule precedency