precedent

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/ˈpɹɛs.ɪ.dənt/

noun 5adj 2verb 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

bad, dangerous, unfortunate | good, important | historical | judicial, legal

VERB + PRECEDENT

serve as

The company's decision to offer remote work options served as a precedent for other businesses in the industry.

have

create, establish, provide, set

Hiring someone without proper qualifications could establish a dangerous precedent in our company.

cite, quote | find

base sth on, use sth as

The company used previous legal cases as precedent when making their new policy decision.

PREP

without ~

The level of public support for the new policy was without precedent in the country's modern history.

~ for

There is a precedent for allowing employees to work from home on Fridays.

Definitions

noun

An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.

Examples for cases can but direct as precedents only.

A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.

An established habit or custom.

The aforementioned (thing).

A third argument may be derived from the precedent.

The previous version.

adj

Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding.

Coming before in a particular order or arrangement; preceding, foregoing.

In the precedent section mention was made, amongst other pleasant objects, of this comeliness and beauty which proceeds from women […].

verb

To provide precedents for.

To be a precedent for.

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Examples for cases can but direct as precedents only.

Wiktionary

A third argument may be derived from the precedent.

Wiktionary

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Wiktionary

In the precedent section mention was made, amongst other pleasant objects, of this comeliness and beauty which proceeds from women […].

Wiktionary

There is no precedent for such a case.

Tatoeba · #60407

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

Tatoeba · #282809

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, precedent is marked as obsolete, archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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