Precedence
11precedence — [pres′ə dəns; prē sēd′ ns, prisēd′ ns] n. [< PRECEDENT] 1. the act, right, or fact of preceding in time, order, rank, etc. 2. priority as because of superiority in rank 3. an official or conventional ranking of dignitaries in order of… …
12Precedence — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Precedence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 precedence precedence Sgm: N 1 coming before coming before &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 the lead the lead le pas Sgm: N 1 superiority superiority &c. 33 Sgm: N 1 …
13precedence — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ historical VERB + PRECEDENCE ▪ have, take ▪ give sb/sth ▪ You should give your schoolwork precedence …
14precedence — The established system of priorities of trade in an exchange. For example, the highest bid and lowest offer have highest precedence; the first bid or first offer at a price has highest priority, and large orders have priority over smaller orders …
15precedence — prec|e|dence [ presıdəns ] noun uncount a more important position or status than something or someone else, or the right to a more important position or status: Disputes over precedence were inevitable. have/take precedence: Safety should take… …
16precedence — UK [ˈpresɪdəns] / US noun [uncountable] a) a more important position or status than something or someone else, or the right to a more important position or status Quarrels over precedence were inevitable. have/take precedence: Safety should take… …
17precedence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Coming before Nouns 1. precedence, coming before; superiority, importance, preference; priority, preexistence; antecedence, precedency, antecedency, anteposition, anteriority, pecking order. 2.… …
18precedence — pre|ce|dence [ˈpresıdəns] n [U] when someone or something is considered to be more important than someone or something else, and therefore comes first or must be dealt with first = ↑priority precedence over ▪ Do we want a society where appearance …
19precedence — noun (U) 1 take/have precedence over to be considered more important than someone or something else and therefore come or be done before them: Saving the child s life took precedence over everything else. 2 the relative importance of different… …
20précédence — (pré sé dan s ) s. f. État de ce qui précède. • Ceux qui soutiennent la précédence des crânes dolichocéphales en Europe, PRUNER BEY Bulletins de la Soc. anthrop. 2e série, t. II, p. 248. HISTORIQUE XVIe s. • Toutes choses estant esguales,… …
