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precedent

Precedent is a 9 letter word which starts with the letter P and ends with the letter T for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(a.) Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as precedent services.
(n.) Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example.
(n.) A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence a prognostic; a token; a sign.
(n.) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
(n.) A judicial decision which serves as a rule for future determinations in similar or analogous cases; an authority to be followed in courts of justice; forms of proceeding to be followed in similar cases.

Syllable Information

The word precedent is a 9 letter word that has 3 syllable 's . The syllable division for precedent is: prec-e-dent


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