Synonyms for precedence
ˈprɛs ɪ dəns, prɪˈsid nsprece·dence

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1. precedence

   Synonyms:
   superiority, lead, priority, preference, antecedence, supremacy, pre-eminence

   Antonyms:
   inferiority, sequence, subordination, posteriority

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1. precedence, precedency, prioritynoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   priority, antecedency, anteriority, precedency, antecedence, precession

2. priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedencynoun

   preceding in time

   Synonyms:
   priority, antecedency, anteriority, precedency, antecedence, precession

3. precession, precedence, precedencynoun

   the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)

   Synonyms:
   priority, antecedency, anteriority, precedency, antecedence, precession

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1. precedencenoun

   Synonyms:
   priority (in time), anteriority, antecedence

2. precedencenoun

   Synonyms:
   preference, superiority, pre-eminence

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1. List of paraphrases for "precedence":

   priority, primacy, preference, pre-eminence, preponderance, supremacy, prevail

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1. Holly Irwin:

   Greenstone Management Partners is going to make millions at the expense of what Greenstone Management Partners’s going to do to our communities in the future and the precedence it’s going to set, we are in the midst of an extreme drought, our communities need Colorado River water. At some point, the state has a responsibility to protect the people that are here and to protect Colorado River water and not cater to those that are buying property for the water rights to make millions off of Colorado River water to benefit metropolitan areas.

2. Principal Secretary Joseph Njoroge:

   It is to encourage utilisation of local resources, equipment, whatever is available locally must take precedence over foreign, mostly the human capital, (which) we have a lot.

3. Chinese:

   In learning, age and youth go for nothing; the best informed take the precedence.

4. Mike Hazen:

   Given the state of the world this last year, working from home and being there for the kids and for Nicole and being able to do our jobs more remotely has sort of been a blessing in that regard, as the world opens back up and things become less about that, we’ll have to see where we’re at and what’s best for Nicole. That’s going to take precedence over everything else.

5. Jo Barnes:

   Perhaps it is not surprising that profit margins take precedence over public health, but with transport emissions the main contributor to urban air pollution, resulting in nearly 10,000 early deaths a year in London alone ... the public should be utterly outraged.