Precedent

/ˈpɹɛs.ɪ.dənt/

Synonyms for "precedent" (132 found)

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Closest matches (27)

action ancestor announcer antecedent anterior antetype antitype archetypeavant gardeavant-garde award bellwether biotype buccinator bushwhacker chiefclassic examplecondemnation consideration

Noun(7 words)

anchoring rulebackground benchmarkcase in pointcase lawcommon lawcreating precedent

Verb(1 words)

build on prior work

Strong matches (39)

Noun(4 words)

criminal law caseestablishing normexemplar guide

criterion custom decision decree deliverance determination diagnosis dictum doom epitome example exemplar explorer finding first forebear forebears foregoer foregoing foremost

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forerunner formerfront runnerfrontiersman fugleman fugler genotype groundbreaker guide harbinger heading headmost herald imitatee inaugural

Related words (66)

initiatory innovator instance leadlead runnerleader leading messenger mirror model order original paradigm past pathfinder pattern pioneer point preceding precursor

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precursory predecessor prefatory preliminary preludial premise preparatory previous prior prognosis pronouncement prototype representative resolution rule ruling scout sentence standardstormy petreltrailblazer trailbreaker typetype speciestype specimenurtext vanguard vaunt-courier verdict voortrekker yardstick

Noun(15 words)

lesson from historymilitary precedentmodel norm patternpolicy precedentprecursors referenceruling body decisionssetting a standardstandardstare decisissunnah template yardstick

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More general

18 entries

actioncivil lawdecision example guideline illustration instance jurisprudence law normpolicy implementationprinciple representative standard subject theme

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More specific

14 entries

administrative precedentarchitectural precedentcase precedentcorporate precedentcreating a standardcultural precedenteducational precedentestablishing a ruleforging a precedentjudicial precedentlegal precedentsetting a guiding normsocial precedenttechnological precedent

Collocations

6 entries

administrative precedentarchitectural precedentcorporate precedenthistorical precedentjudicial precedentlegal precedent

Inflections

1 entries

precedents

Derivations

1 entries

precedential

similar

1 entries

preceding

Sample sentences

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There is no precedent for such a case.

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It's totally without precedent for the suspect's attorney to be the true culprit.

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I have entered on an enterprise which is without precedent, and will have no imitator.

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He set a precedent.

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