NOUN | state | precedency, precedence, priority | status established in order of importance or urgency |
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attribute | precedency, priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence | preceding in time | |
act | precedency, precession, precedence | the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) |
Meaning | status established in order of importance or urgency. | |
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Synonyms | precedence, 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 |
Meaning | preceding in time. | |
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Synonyms | priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence | |
Broader | earliness | Quality of coming early or earlier in time |
Opposite | posteriority, subsequentness, subsequence | Following in time |
Spanish | antelación, anterioridad, precedencia, prioridad | |
Catalan | antecedència | |
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, precedence | |
Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
Spanish | precedencia | |
Catalan | precedència | |
Adjectives | precedent | preceding in time, order, or significance |
Verbs | precede | move ahead / ahead (of others) in time or space |
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