Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
Synonyms
- 4noun
preceding in time
- 5noun
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"
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