precedence vs precedents :

precedence or precedents

Although these words sound the same, they work differently. The pop staris given precedence over the factory worker at the entrance to the danceclub. “Precedents” is just the plural of “precedent": “If we let thekids adopt that rattlesnake as a pet and agree to let them take it for awalk in Death Valley, we’ll be setting some bad precedents.”

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Definitions

  • n  status established in order of importance or urgency
    ...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals
  • n  preceding in time
  • n  the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
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