Definitions for precedence

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precedence prec·e·dence

Spelling: [pres-i-duh ns, pri-seed-ns]

IPA: /ˈprɛs ɪ dəns, prɪˈsid ns/

Precedence is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 149 anagrams from letters in precedence (ccdeeeenpr).

Definitions for precedence

noun

1. act or fact of preceding.
2. the right to precede in order, rank, or importance; priority.
3. the fact of preceding in time; antedating.
4. the right to precede others in ceremonies or social formalities.
5. the order to be observed in ceremonies by persons of different ranks, as by diplomatic protocol.

Origin of precedence

First recorded in 1475-85; preced(ent) + -ence

Examples for precedence

Meeting Casanova in the entry, he gave him precedence with mock politeness.

Imogen had been unused to the distinctions of rank and precedence.

The idea had originally come from Buckingham Palace; that boys should no longer have precedence in the succession over girls.

The Order of precedence also affects many other aspects of royal protocol, such as who arrives first at an event.

There is no other law of precedence, no other law of rank and position in God's kingdom.

But the old sleep must have the precedence of all the new things.

Sherman has always acknowledged the contact, so maybe the whole issue of precedence is a dead letter.

He filmed that part, too, with the host performing parody songs around Los Angeles to establish a precedence of parodic works.

But it transpired that there was something preparatory to that, or at least that must take the precedence.

They taught that "the interests of the poor have precedence over the interests of the rich."