Results for "precede
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precede
(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "precede", "results": [{"examples": ["Stone tools precede bronze tools"], "synonyms": ["antecede", "antedate", "forego", "forgo", "predate"], "definition": "be earlier in time; go back further", "derivation": ["precession", "precedence", "precedency", "precedent"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["travel", "locomote", "move", "go"], "antonyms": ["follow"], "hasTypes": ["head", "lead"], "synonyms": ["lead"], "definition": "move ahead (of others) in time or space", "derivation": ["precedency"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["tell", "state", "say"], "examples": ["She always precedes her lectures with a joke"], "hasTypes": ["prologise", "prologuize", "preamble", "prologize"], "synonyms": ["introduce", "preface", "premise"], "definition": "furnish with a preface or introduction", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["lie"], "examples": ["Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"], "synonyms": ["predate"], "definition": "come before", "derivation": ["precedent", "precession"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"antonyms": ["succeed"], "examples": ["Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"], "synonyms": ["come before"], "definition": "be the predecessor of", "derivation": ["precession", "predecessor", "precedence"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}], "frequency": 2.49, "syllables": {"list": ["pre", "cede"], "count": 2}, "pronunciation": {"all": "prɪ'sid"}}
precedence
(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "precedence", "results": [{"typeOf": ["high status"], "examples": ["...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals"], "hasTypes": ["back burner", "front burner"], "synonyms": ["precedency", "priority"], "definition": "status established in order of importance or urgency", "derivation": ["precedential"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["activity"], "synonyms": ["precedency", "precession"], "definition": "the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)", "derivation": ["precede", "precedent"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["earliness"], "synonyms": ["antecedence", "antecedency", "anteriority", "precedency", "priority"], "definition": "preceding in time", "derivation": ["precede", "precedent"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}], "frequency": 2.62, "syllables": {"list": ["prec", "e", "dence"], "count": 3}, "pronunciation": {"all": "'prɛsɪdəns"}}
precedent
(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "precedent", "results": [{"typeOf": ["civil law"], "synonyms": ["case law", "common law"], "definition": "(civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions", "inCategory": ["civil law"], "partOfSpeech": "noun", "hasCategories": ["service"]}, {"typeOf": ["law", "jurisprudence"], "synonyms": ["case law", "common law"], "definition": "a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws", "inCategory": ["law", "jurisprudence"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["instance", "representative", "example", "illustration"], "synonyms": ["case in point"], "definition": "an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time", "derivation": ["precede"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["subject", "topic", "theme"], "definition": "a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)", "derivation": ["precede"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"similarTo": ["preceding"], "definition": "preceding in time, order, or significance", "derivation": ["precedency", "precede", "precedence"], "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}], "frequency": 3.11, "syllables": {"list": ["pre", "ced", "ent"], "count": 3}, "pronunciation": {"all": "'prɛsɪdənt"}}