PRECEDENCES Synonyms
3 hypernyms for precedences. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for PRECEDENCES
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| hierarchy | noun n | |||||
noun • a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system • the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body | ||||||
| importance | noun n | |||||
noun • the quality of being important and worthy of note • a prominent status | ||||||
| order | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed • (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy • a degree in a continuum of size or quantity • established customary state (especially of society) • logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements • a condition of regular or proper arrangement • a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) • a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities • a formal association of people with similar interests • a body of rules followed by an assembly • a group of person living under a religious rule • (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families • a request for something to be made, supplied, or served • (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans • the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement verb • give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority • make a request for something • issue commands or orders for • bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations • bring order to or into • place in a certain order • appoint to a clerical posts • arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events • assign a rank or rating to | ||||||
| preeminence | noun n | |||||
noun • high status importance owing to marked superiority | ||||||
| preference | noun n | |||||
noun • a strong liking • a predisposition in favor of something • the right or chance to choose • grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties) | ||||||
| rank | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another • relative status • the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army) • position in a social hierarchy • the body of members of an organization or group adjective satellite • very fertile; producing profuse growth • very offensive in smell or taste • conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible • complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers • growing profusely verb • take or have a position relative to others • assign a rank or rating to • take precedence or surpass others in rank | ||||||
| priorities | noun n | |||||
noun • status established in order of importance or urgency • preceding in time | ||||||
| precedency | noun n | |||||
noun • status established in order of importance or urgency • preceding in time • the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) | ||||||
| priority | noun n | |||||
noun • status established in order of importance or urgency • preceding in time | ||||||
| antecedence | noun n | |||||
noun • preceding in time | ||||||
| antecedency | noun n | |||||
noun • preceding in time | ||||||
| anteriority | noun n | |||||
noun • the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head • preceding in time | ||||||
| precession | noun n | |||||
noun • the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone • the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) | ||||||