precedence
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
status established in order of importance or urgency
...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals
Types & categories
- high status hypernym
- back burner hyponym
- front burner hyponym
Related & opposite
- prioritize derivation
- precedential derivation
Sense 2 noun
preceding in time
Types & categories
- earliness hypernym
Related & opposite
- subsequentness antonym
- prioritize derivation
- predate derivation
- antecedent derivation
- priora derivation
- precedent derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
Types & categories
- activity hypernym
Related & opposite
- precede derivation
- come before derivation
- predate derivation
- predate derivation
- precedent derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | prioritize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | precedential |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | high status |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | back burner |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | front burner |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | subsequentness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prioritize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | predate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | antecedent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | priora |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | precedent |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | earliness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | precede |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | come before |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | predate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | predate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | precedent |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | activity |