precedent
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
Types & categories
- example hypernym
Related & opposite
- predate derivation
Sense 2 adjective
preceding in time, order, or significance
Related & opposite
- precession derivation
- antecedence derivation
- precedent derivation
- predate derivation
- predate derivation
- precedinga similar to
Sense 3 noun
(civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Types & categories
- civil law hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
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
Types & categories
- law hypernym
Related & opposite
- law domain topic
Sense 5 noun
a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)
Types & categories
- subject hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | predate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | example |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | precession |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | antecedence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | precedent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | predate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | predate |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | precedinga |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | civil law |
| 3 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | service |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | civil law |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | law |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | predate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | precedent |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | subject |