Synonym: antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedency, precession, priority. Similar words: precedent, unprecedented, precede, recede, antecedent, preceding, credence, preponderance of evidence. Meaning: [prɪ'sɪːdns /'presɪdəns] 
n. 1. status established in order of importance or urgency 2. preceding in time 3. the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony).
n. 1. status established in order of importance or urgency 2. preceding in time 3. the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony). 
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1. The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.
2. The longest-serving officer always takes precedence.
3. You should give your schoolwork precedence.
4. Precedence must be given to the injured in the evacuation plans.
5. Do we want a society where appearance takes precedence over skill or virtue?
6. The French kings claimed precedence over those of Spain.
7. Safety must be given precedence .
8. Environmental concerns must be given precedence over commercial interest.
9. Guests were seated in order of precedence .
10. The elder son has precedence over the younger one.
11. National defense must take precedence over all other questions.
12. The needs of the patient take precedence over those of the student doctor.
13. The order of precedence for titled nobility in Britain is duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron.
14. You should understand that knowledge takes precedence over corpses.
15. It precedence derives from the concept of parliamentary sovereignty.
16. Statute takes precedence over contract and other legal obligations.
17. If there is conflict the Companies Act takes precedence.
18. It takes precedence of any other matter.
19. Sometimes, they even take precedence over family affairs.
20. Should stability take precedence over personal freedoms?
21. Ceremonial and precedence notably lost most of the power to agitate rulers and governments which they had hitherto possessed.
22. The imposed moral order held precedence over the claims of both truth and love.
23. Even in the home the male is given precedence in many obvious and subtle ways.
24. Have as much fun as possible at college, but don't let it take precedence over work.
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25. The speakers came on to the platform in order of precedence .
26. She had to learn that her wishes did not take precedence over other people's needs.
27. Business people often think that fluency and communication take precedence over grammar when speaking.
28. The differing motives of collectors suggests that for some viewers content does takes precedence over form, and viceversa.
29. To prove his importance and so that his entrance was emphasised all entered in order of precedence.
30. Where the two aims were in conflict, the former was to take precedence.
More similar words: precedent, unprecedented, precede, recede, antecedent, preceding, credence, preponderance of evidence, secede, concede, precept, experienced, cadence, evidence, incidence, presidency, decadence, residence, impudence, coincidence, providence, confidence, pretence, presence, preconceive, preference, in the presence of, independence, cede, accede.