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- pronunciation:
- pre
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dnt
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
an act that serves or may serve as an example for future actions of a similar nature.
Her high grades set a precedent for the class.There is no precedent for this new rule.- synonyms:
- example, model, pattern, prototype, standard, yardstick
- similar words:
- antecedent, criterion, exemplar, paradigm
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| definition 2: |
in law, a decision serving as a guidepost for future cases of a similar nature.
The judge's decision was based on precedents rather than on legal theory.- similar words:
- antecedent, guide, guideline, precept
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| related words: |
example, lead, model |
adjective + (n.)precedent
ample,
applicable,
bad,
biblical,
binding,
classical,
constitutional,
controlling,
dangerous,
distinguished,
dubious,
established,
existing,
historic,
historical,
horrible,
judicial,
known,
legal,
literary,
long-standing,
numerous,
ominous,
prior,
relevant,
terrible,
theological,
troubling,
unfortunate,
worrisome
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verb + (n.)precedent
appeal, apply, bind, cite, defer, depart, establish, follow, invoke, overrule, overturn, rely, respect, reverse, root, set
(n.)precedent
+ verb
conform, dictate, exist, govern, guide, interpret, undermine, uphold, validate
noun + (n.)precedent
abortion, amendment, circuit, clause, constitution, court, decision, departure, doctrine, principle, regard, reliance, standing, statute
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
going before; prior.
- synonyms:
- antecedent, anterior, foregoing, preceding, preexistent, previous, prior
- similar words:
- aforementioned, aforesaid, early, former, preliminary
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| related words: |
advance, anterior, leading, prior |
The word precedent
contains the following parts:
ced, ces, -ceed, -cede, -cess
Latin
root
that means to go; to go back or yield
  Example words:
accede, access, accessible, ancestry, antecede, antecedent, cede, concede, exceed, excess, intercede, precede, precedent, procedure, proceed, process, procession, recede, recession, retrocede, secede, succeed, success
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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