Precedence: alternatives and connections

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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The state of being early or forward; promptness.

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To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass.

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To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass.

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One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

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One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

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Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.

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Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.

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Of the nature of a precedent; having force as an example for imitation; as, precedential transactions.

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Of the nature of a precedent; having force as an example for imitation; as, precedential transactions.

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The act or state of going before in time; precedence.

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The state or condition of being antecedent; priority.

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The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority.

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The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.

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The act of going before, or forward.

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The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application.

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