- Types Of Speech
- You can use precedent as a noun or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Precedent
- A 3 syllables noun and 9 letters with the letters c, d, e, n, p, r, and t, 6 consonants, 3 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter e. Precedent starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters p, pr, pre, prec, prece, and the ending characters are t, nt, ent, dent, edent, ..
- Definition
- An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Precedent is set as a sat word that starts with p, ends with t, 3 syllables, 3 vowels and 9 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Precedent in Pig Latin is said as "ecedentpray or ecedentprway".
- Unigram
- p | r | e | c | e | d | e | n | t
- Bigram
- pr | re | ec | ce | ed | de | en | nt
- Trigram
- pre | rec | ece | ced | ede | den | ent
- Quadrigram
- prec | rece | eced | cede | eden | dent
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
- (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
- a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)
- a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws;
"common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States"
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- preceding in time, order, or significance
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Action | something done (usually as opposed to something said) "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" |
| Adventurer | a person who enjoys taking risks |
| Ancestor | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) |
| Announcer | reads news, commercials on radio or television |
| Antecedent | the referent of an anaphor a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun |
| Anterior | a tooth situated at the front of the mouth "his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors" |
| Antetype | |
| Antitype | an opposite or contrasting type |
| Archetype | an original model on which something is patterned |
| Ascendant | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) |
View all cognitive synonyms for Precedent
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Precedent | an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time |
View English words with the unique letters used in precedent. Words With The Letters Cdenprt
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Antecede | be earlier in time go back further "Stone tools precede bronze tools" |
| Antedate | establish something as being earlier relative to something else |
| Forego | be earlier in time go back further "Stone tools precede bronze tools" |
| Precede | furnish with a preface or introduction "She always precedes her lectures with a joke" "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution" |
| Predate | establish something as being earlier relative to something else |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Example | a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding "you must work the examples at the end of each chapter in the textbook" |
| Illustration | a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand |
| Instance | an item of information that is representative of a type "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome" "there is an example on page 10" |
| Representative | an item of information that is representative of a type "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome" "there is an example on page 10" |
Precedent Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With P
- Ends With T
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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