Synonym of the word PRECEDENT

n. An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in…
n. (law) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.
n. (obsolete, with definite article) The aforementioned (thing).
n. The previous version.
n. (obsolete) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
adj. Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding.
adj. (now rare) Coming before in a particular order or arrangement; preceding, foregoing.
v. (transitive, law) To provide precedents for.
v. (transitive, law) To be a precedent for.

n. Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
n. Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
n. Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated…
n. A person punished as a warning to others.
n. A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
n. An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise…
v. To be illustrated or exemplified (by).

n. The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated,…
n. That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove…
n. A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.
n. A calculated prevision of insurance premiums and returns (life insurance).

n. (obsolete) Urgency of manner or words; an urgent request; insistence.
n. (obsolete) A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
n. (obsolete) That which is urgent; motive.
n. Occasion; order of occurrence.
n. A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
n. One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
n. (obsolete) A piece of evidence; a proof or sign (of something).
n. (computing) In object-oriented programming: a created object, one that has had memory allocated for local…
n. (massively multiplayer online games) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each…
n. (massively multiplayer online games) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
v. (transitive) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite.
v. (intransitive) To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.

n. (uncountable) The body of rules and standards issued by the legislative body, or to be applied by courts…
n. A particular such rule.
n. (more generally) A written or understood rule that concerns behaviours and their consequences. Laws are…
n. (sciences, strictly) A well-established, observed physical characteristic or behavior of nature. The word…
n. (mathematics) A statement that is true under specified conditions.
n. A category of English "common law" petitions that request monetary relief, as opposed to relief in forms…
n. (cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the MCC.
n. (slang, uncountable) The police.
n. (fantasy) One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to chaos.
n. An oath, as in the presence of a court. See wager of law.
n. (obsolete) a tumulus of stones.
n. (Scottish and northern dialectal, archaic) a hill.
interj. (dated) An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks.

adj. Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
v. present participle of precede.

adj. Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.
n. One who may speak for another in a particular capacity, especially in negotiation.
n. A member of a legislative or governing body who represents a constituency.
n. One that is taken as typical of its class.
n. (US, politics) A member of the US House of Representatives.
n. Company agent who visits potential purchasers, salesman.

adj. Likely to be affected by or to experience something.
adj. Conditional upon.
adj. Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
adj. Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
n. (grammar) In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with. In active clauses…
n. An actor; one who takes action.
n. The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
n. A particular area of study.
n. A citizen in a monarchy.
n. A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
n. (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
n. A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc.
n. (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with…
n. (logic) That of which something is stated.
v. (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially…

n. A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
n. A recurring idea; a motif.
n. (dated) An essay written for school.
n. (music) The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
n. (film, television) A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character,…
n. (computing, figuratively) The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment…
n. (grammar) The stem of a word.
n. (linguistics) thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
n. (linguistics) Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
n. (linguistics) Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme.
n. A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
v. (transitive) To give a theme to.
v. (computing, transitive) To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).

adj. topical.
n. Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
n. (Internet) Discussion thread.
n. (obsolete) An argument or reason.
n. (obsolete, medicine) An external local application or remedy, such as a plaster, a blister, etc.

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