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ANTECEDENCY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Preceding in time

Synonyms:

antecedence; antecedency; anteriority; precedence; precedency; priority

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("antecedency" is a kind of...):

earliness (quality of coming early or earlier in time)

Derivation:

antecede (be earlier in time; go back further)

antecedent (preceding in time or order)

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