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precedency n. 居先;上席;优越 居先;上席;优越 precedency n 1: 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" [synonym: {precedence}, {precedency}, {priority}] 2: preceding in time [synonym: {priority}, {antecedence}, {antecedency}, {anteriority}, {precedence}, {precedency}] [ant: {posteriority}, {subsequence}, {subsequentness}] 3: the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) [synonym: {precession}, {precedence}, {precedency}] Precedence \Pre*ced"ence\, Precedency \Pre*ced"en*cy\, n. [Cf.
F. pr['e]c['e]dence. See {Precede}.] 1. The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] Which of them [the different desires] has the precedency in determining the will to the next action? --Locke. [1913 Webster] Syn: Antecedence; priority; pre["e]minence; preference; superiority. [1913 Webster]
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