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nounstatus established in order of importance or urgency
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nounthe act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
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nounpreceding in time
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Definition that contains precedence
- better a superior person having claim to precedence
- rank take precedence or surpass others in rank
- outrank take precedence or surpass others in rank
- displace take the place of or have precedence over
- preempt take the place of or have precedence over
- infix notation a notation for forming mathematical expressions using parentheses and governed by rules of operator precedence; operators are dispersed among the operands
- precedential having precedence (especially because of longer service)
- right of way the right of one vehicle or vessel to take precedence over another