Dictionary Definition
precedence
Noun
1 status established in order of importance or
urgency; "...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of
pharmaceuticals"; "national independence takes priority over class
struggle" [syn: precedency, priority]
2 preceding in time [syn: priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedency] [ant: posteriority]
3 the act of preceding in time or order or rank
(as in a ceremony) [syn: precession, precedency]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Noun
- The state of preceding in importance or priority.
- Family takes precedence over work, in an emergency.
Derived terms
Translations
the state of preceding in importance or priority
- Dutch: voorrang
- Finnish: arvojärjestys
- German: Vorrang
- Italian: precedenza
- Portuguese: precedência
- Russian: предшествование (predšestvovánije)
- Spanish: precedencia
- Swedish: företräde
Extensive Definition
Precedence is a simple ordering, based on either
importance or sequence; it may refer to one of the following:
- SPECT/CT scanner from Philips
- Message precedence of military communications traffic
- Order of precedence, the ceremonial hierarchy within a nation or state
- Order of operations, in mathematics
- Precedence Entertainment, a defunct publisher of several collectible card games
- Precedent, a legal case establishing a principle to be adhered to in subsequent rulings
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accent,
accomplishment,
antecedence,
antecedency,
antedate, antedating, anteposition, anteriority, anticipation, ascendancy, authority, caste, class, concern, concernment, condition, consequence, consequentiality,
consideration,
deanship, earlier
state, earliness,
echelon, eminence, emphasis, excellence, favor, footing, foregoing, front, greatness, heading, hierarchy, high order, high
rank, import, importance, incomparability,
influence, influentialness,
inimitability,
interest, le pas,
lead, leading, majority, mark, materiality, merit, moment, note, one-upmanship, order, paramountcy, past time,
place, position, power structure,
precedency, preceding, precession, precursor, predating, predominance, predomination, preeminence, preexistence, preference, preponderance, prepotence, prepotency, prerogative, pressure, prestige, primacy, priority, privilege, prominence, rank, rate, rating, right-of-way,
self-importance, seniority, significance, skill, sphere, stage, standing, station, stature, status, status quo ante, stress, success, superiority, supremacy, the lead, transcendence, transcendency, value, van, virtuosity, weight, weightiness, worth