| NOUN | state | precedence, precedency, priority | status established in order of importance or urgency |
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| attribute | precedence, priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedency | preceding in time | |
| act | precedence, precession, precedency | the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) |
| Sounds | preh'sahdahns | |
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| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | status established in order of importance or urgency. | |
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| Example | "...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals" | |
| Synonyms | precedency, priority | |
| Narrower | back burner | Reduced priority |
| front burner | Top priority | |
| Broader | high status | A position of superior / superior status |
| Spanish | precedencia, prioridad | |
| Catalan | precedència, prioritat | |
| Adjectives | precedential | having precedence (especially because of longer service) |
| Meaning | preceding in time. | |
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| Synonyms | priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedency | |
| Broader | earliness | Quality of coming early or earlier in time |
| Opposite | posteriority, subsequentness, subsequence | Following in time |
| Spanish | antelación, anterioridad, precedencia, prioridad | |
| Catalan | antecedència | |
| Adjectives | precedent | preceding in time, order, or significance |
| Verbs | precede | be earlier in time |
| Meaning | The act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony). | |
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| Synonyms | precession, precedency | |
| Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
| Spanish | precedencia | |
| Catalan | precedència | |
| Adjectives | precedent | preceding in time, order, or significance |
| Verbs | precede | be the predecessor of |
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