precedence

precedence
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
Coming before
Nouns
1. precedence, coming before; superiority, importance, preference; priority, preexistence; antecedence, precedency, antecedency, anteposition, anteriority, pecking order.
2. (forwardposition) precession, leading, heading, forerunning, going before; going or being first; the lead, the van (see front).
3. (something that precedes) foreword, prelude, preamble, preface, prologue, prolusion, proem, prolepsis, prefix, introduction, heading, frontispiece, groundwork, preparation; overture, voluntary, symphony. In-
formal. prequel.
Verbs
1. precede; come before, come first, antecede; introduce, usher in; set the fashion; take or have precedence; [out]rank; place before, prefix, premise, prelude, preface.
2. forerun; go before, go ahead, go in the van, go in advance; pioneer, herald, head, take the lead; lead [the way], get or have the start; steal a march; get before, get ahead, get in front of, outstrip. Informal, get in on the ground floor.
Adjectives — preceding, precedent, antecedent; anterior; prior, before; avant-garde; former, foregoing; above- or aforementioned, aforesaid, said; precursory, percursive, preliminary, prefatory, introductory; prelusive, prelusory, preludious, proemial, preparatory, forerunning.
Adverbs — in advance, before, ahead.
Phrases — we must learn to walk before we can run.
Quotations — For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled (Richard P. Feynman).
Antonyms, see sequence.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. preference, precession, the lead*; see priority .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n.
[PRESuhduns]
priority.
The baby s welfare took precedence over all other matters.
SYN.: priority, preeminence, importance, preference, supremacy, rank, superiority, right, *front seat, *front burner.
ANT.: *backseat, *back burner, second place
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun The act, condition, or right of preceding: antecedence, precedency, priority, right of way. See PRECEDE.

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