precedency

precedency is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 23 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.
2. noun. The act or state of going or being before in rank or dignity, or the place of honor; right to a more honorable place; superior rank; as, barons have precedence of commoners.
3. noun. the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)

   Synonyms: precedence, precession

4. noun. preceding in time

   Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, priority

5. noun. 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"

   Synonyms: precedence, priority

Synonyms

precedence, precession, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, priority

Common word forms

precedencies

Words from these letters

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