Precedence

['presɪd(ə)ns;prɪ'siːd(ə)ns] or [prɪ'sidəns]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) 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'.

校對:马尔科姆--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Alt. of Precedency

手打:朱迪

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Priority (in time), anteriority, antecedence.[2]. Preference, superiority, pre-eminence.

阿玛莉亚整理

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Superiority, lead, priority, preference, antecedence, supremacy, pre-eminence

ANT:Inferiority, sequence, subordination, posteriority

手打:米格尔

解釋/意思:

n. the act of going before in time: priority: the state of being before in rank: the place of honour: the foremost place in ceremony—also Precē′dency.—adj. Precē′dent going before in order of time: anterior.—n. Precedent (pres′ēdent) a past action which may serve as an example or rule in the future: a parallel case in the past: an established habit or custom.—adjs. Prec′edented having a precedent: warranted by an example; Preceden′tial of the nature of a precedent.—adv. Precē′dently.—adj. Precē′ding going before in time rank &c.: antecedent: previous: former.—Order of precedence the rules which fix the places of persons at a ceremony; Patent of precedence a royal grant giving to certain barristers right of superior rank; Take precedence of to have a right to a more honourable place.

整理:保罗