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precedent
English
Alternative forms
- præcedent (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French, from Latin praec?d?ns, present participle of praec?dere (“to precede”); See precede.
Pronunciation
Adjective:
- IPA(key): /p???si?.d?nt/
Noun:
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) enPR: pr?s??-d?nt, IPA(key): /?p??s.?.d?nt/
- (General Australian, Ireland) IPA(key): /?p?i?.s?.d?nt/, /?p??s-/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?p?es.?.d?nt/, /?p?i?-/, /?p??s-/
Noun
precedent (plural precedents)
- An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- Examples for cases can but direct as precedents only.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- (law) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.
- An established habit or custom.
- (obsolete, with definite article) The aforementioned (thing).
- , New York 2001, p.74:
- A third argument may be derived from the precedent.
- , New York 2001, p.74:
- The previous version.
- (obsolete) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
Coordinate terms
- (a case used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent one): case law
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
precedent (not comparable)
- Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding. [from 14th c.]
- (now rare) Coming before in a particular order or arrangement; preceding, foregoing. [from 15th c.]
Translations
Verb
precedent (third-person singular simple present precedents, present participle precedenting, simple past and past participle precedented)
- (transitive, law) To provide precedents for.
- (transitive, law) To be a precedent for.
See also
- stare decisis
Anagrams
- precented
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin praec?d?ns.
Adjective
precedent (masculine and feminine plural precedents)
- previous, preceding
Noun
precedent m (plural precedents)
- precedent
Related terms
- precedència
- precedir
Further reading
- “precedent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “precedent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “precedent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “precedent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Noun
precedent m
- precedent (past act used as example)
Synonyms
- precedens
Related terms
- See cese
Further reading
- precedent in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
- precedent in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French precedent. First attested in the 16th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pre?.se??d?nt/, /?pre?.s??d?nt/
- Hyphenation: pre?ce?dent
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
precedent n (plural precedenten)
- precedent
Derived terms
- precedentwerking
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praec?d?ns. Compare Middle French preceder.
Adjective
precedent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular precedent or precedente)
- preceding; that comes before
Romanian
Etymology
From French précédent.
Noun
precedent n (plural preceden?i)
- precedent
Declension
precedent From the web:
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- what precedent was set by the election of 1800
- what precedent was established by the nuremberg trials
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- what precedent was set at nuremberg
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- what precedents set by the new deal
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former
English
Alternative forms
- fmr / fmr.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f??m?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f??m?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)m?(?)
Etymology 1
From Middle English former, comparative of forme (“first”), from Old English forma (“first”), descended from Proto-Germanic *frumô. Parallel to prior (via Latin), as comparative form from same Proto-Indo-European root. Related to first and fore (thence before), from Proto-Germanic.
Adjective
former (comparative form only)
- Previous.
- At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
- First of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun.
Synonyms
- (previous): erstwhile, sometime, whilom, wont-to-be; see also Thesaurus:former
Antonyms
- (previous): next; see also Thesaurus:subsequent
- (first of aforementioned two items): latter
Translations
Etymology 2
form +? -er
Noun
former (plural formers)
- Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.
- Dave was the former of the company.
- An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die.
- The brick arch was built using a wooden former.
- (chiefly Britain, used in combinations) Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).
- Fifth-former.
- Sixth-former.
Derived terms
- pan former
Anagrams
- Reform, re-form, reform
Danish
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [?f??m?]
Noun
former c
- indefinite plural of form
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [?f??m?]
Verb
former
- present of forme
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [f??me???]
Verb
former or formér
- imperative of formere
French
Etymology
From Old French, borrowed from Latin f?rm? (“to form”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??.me/
Verb
former
- to form (generic sense)
- to shape (to make into a certain shape)
- to train; to educate
Conjugation
Related terms
- formation
- forme
Further reading
- “former” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
f?rmer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of f?rm?
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
former m or f
- indefinite plural of form
Verb
former
- present of forme
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
former f
- indefinite plural of form
Swedish
Noun
former
- indefinite plural of form
Anagrams
- reform
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- what former means
- what former president used the military
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- what former presidents do
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- what former presidents get
- what former slave brought attention
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