precedents

Meaning of precedents

noun
  1. An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
  2. A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.
  3. An established habit or custom.
  4. (with definite article) The aforementioned (thing).
  5. The previous version.
  6. A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
verb
  1. To provide precedents for.
  2. To be a precedent for.

Information about precedents

  • The singular form of precedents is: precedent.
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Hyphenation of precedents

prece-dents

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
  • precedents is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of precedents

predescent

Words that rhyme with precedents

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