PRECEDENT

Meaning of PRECEDENT in English

(~s)

If there is a ~ for an action or event, it has happened before, and this can be regarded as an argument for doing it again. (FORMAL)

The trial could set an important ~ for dealing with large numbers of similar cases...

N-VAR: oft N for n

Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012

PRECEDENT — paninugdan
English-Visayan vocabulary
PRECEDENT — I. prece·dent (ˈ)prē|sēd ə nt, prə̇ˈs-, or like precedent II adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin praecedent-, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRECEDENT — (a.) Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.
Английский словарь Webster
PRECEDENT — ( a. ) Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRECEDENT — — precedentless , adj. n. /pres"i deuhnt/ ; adj. /pri seed"nt, pres"i deuhnt/ , n. 1. Law. a legal decision …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRECEDENT — I. pre·ce·dent pri-ˈsē-d ə nt, ˈpre-sə-dənt adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin praecedent-, praecedens, present participle of praecedere …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRECEDENT — noun a rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy. 2. precedent ·adj going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; …
Webster English vocab
PRECEDENT — [pre.ce.dent] adj [ME, fr. MF, fr. L praecedent-, praecedens, prp. of praecedere] (15c): prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRECEDENT — in law, a judgment or decision of a court that is cited as an example or analogy to justify deciding …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRECEDENT — I precedent noun BrE AmE ˈpres ɪd ə nt ˈpriːs-, -əd- ▷ precedent|s s II precedent adjective BrE AmE pri …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PRECEDENT — / ˈpresɪdənt; NAmE / noun 1. [ C , U ] an official action or decision that has happened in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRECEDENT — pre ‧ ce ‧ dent AC /ˈpresəd ə nt, ˈpresɪd ə nt/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: verb : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRECEDENT — ( precedents) If there is a precedent for an action or event, it has happened before, and this can be …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRECEDENT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES set a precedent (= do something that later actions or decisions may be based on …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRECEDENT — [noun] [C] - an action, situation or decision which has already happened and which can be used as a reason …
Cambridge English vocab
PRECEDENT — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bad , dangerous , terrible , unfortunate ▪ good , important , strong ▪ There is a …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PRECEDENT — n. prototype, model, example, exemplar, pattern, paradigm, yardstick, criterion, standard, lead The French considered the War of American Independence a …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PRECEDENT — A case which establishes legal principles to a certain set of facts, coming to a certain conclusion, and which is …
Duhaime's Law English Dictionary
PRECEDENT — 1. сущ. прецедент without precedent ≈ беспрецедентный, не имеющий прецедента there's no precedent for this ≈ это беспрецедентный случай to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRECEDENT — precedent.ogg 1. ʹpresıd(ə)nt n (судебный) прецедент to set /to create/ a precedent - создать прецедент to invoke a precedent - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PRECEDENT — 1. precedent сущ.прецедент without precedent — беспрецедентный, не имеющий прецедента there's no precedent for this — это беспрецедентный случай to …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PRECEDENT — 1. ʹpresıd(ə)nt n (судебный) прецедент to set /to create/ a precedent - создать прецедент to invoke a precedent - сослаться …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PRECEDENT — 1. ˈpresɪd(ə)nt сущ. прецедент without precedent — беспрецедентный, не имеющий прецедента there's no precedent for this — это беспрецедентный случай …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PRECEDENT — 1. ['ЈЇў©Ў¬(†)«] precedent.wav сущ. прецедент without precedent — беспрецедентный, не имеющий прецедента there's no precedent for this — это беспрецедентный случай to set / create …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PRECEDENT — 1. _n. прецедент 2. _a. предшествующий; condition precedent - предварительное условие
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
PRECEDENT — 1. n. прецедент 2. a. предшествующий; condition precedent - предварительное условие
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
PRECEDENT — прил. предшествующий - condition precedent - establish a precedent - judicial precedent - precedent conditions
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
PRECEDENT — 1. _n. ˈpresɪdənt прецедент 2. _a. prɪˈsi:dənt предшествующий; condition precedent предварительное условие
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
PRECEDENT — 1) прецедент 2) предшествующий; предварительный • precedent (exactly) applicable to the act [to the fact] — прецедент, (полностью) применимый к деянию [факту]; to follow …
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
PRECEDENT — прецедент; предшествующий - condition precedent
Англо-Русский словарь по патентам и товарным знакам
PRECEDENT — 1. сущ. прецедент without precedent ≈ беспрецедентный, не имеющий прецедента there's no precedent for this ≈ это беспрецедентный случай to …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRECEDENT — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin praecedent-, praecedens, present participle of praecedere Date: 15th century prior in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRECEDENT — (n.) A judicial decision which serves as a rule for future determinations in similar or analogous cases; an authority to …
Английский словарь Webster
PRECEDENT — (n.) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
Английский словарь Webster
PRECEDENT — (n.) A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign.
Английский словарь Webster
PRECEDENT — (n.) Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; …
Английский словарь Webster
PRECEDENT — ( n. ) Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRECEDENT — ( n. ) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRECEDENT — ( n. ) A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRECEDENT — ( n. ) A judicial decision which serves as a rule for future determinations in similar or analogous cases; an …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRECEDENT — adj. preceding, earlier; prior, previous; having priority
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PRECEDENT — n. previous legal decision serving as an authoritative rule, authoritative example; model, standard, example
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PRECEDENT — n. Pronunciation: ' pre-s ə -d ə nt Function: noun Date: 15th century 1 : an earlier occurrence of something …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PRECEDENT — n. Pronunciation: pri- ' s ē -d ə nt, ' pre-s ə -d ə nt Function: adjective Etymology: Middle English, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PRECEDENT — ■ noun 'prɛsɪd(ə)nt an earlier event or action serving as an example or guide. ↘ Law a previous case or …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PRECEDENT — n. & adj. --n. a previous case or legal decision etc. taken as a guide for subsequent cases or as …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRECEDENT — n. & adj. n. a previous case or legal decision etc. taken as a guide for subsequent cases or as …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRECEDENT — n. & adj. --n. a previous case or legal decision etc. taken as a guide for subsequent cases or as …
Oxford English vocab
PRECEDENT — Synonyms and related words : action, ancestor, announcer, antecedent, anterior, antetype, antitype, archetype, avant-garde, award, bellwether, biotype, buccinator, bushwhacker, classic …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRECEDENT — n. Function: adjective Synonyms: PRECEDING , antecedent, anterior, foregoing, former, past, previous, prior
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PRECEDENT — I . a. Antecedent, See preceding . II . n. Authoritative example, prior instance, antecedent, example, pattern, historic warrant, authority …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
PRECEDENT — adjective Synonyms: preceding , antecedent, anterior, foregoing, former, past, previous, prior
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRECEDENT — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
PRECEDENT — n. 25B6; noun MODEL, exemplar, example, pattern, previous case, prior instance/example; paradigm, criterion, yardstick, standard.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRECEDENT — ➡ Supreme Court
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
PRECEDENT — n. 1) to create, establish, set a ~ 2) to cite a ~ 3) to break (a) ~ 4) a …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
PRECEDENT — Судебный прецедент
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PRECEDENT — (n) прецедент
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PRECEDENT — 1. [ʹpresıd(ə)nt] n (судебный) прецедент to set /to create/ a ~ - создать прецедент to invoke a ~ - сослаться …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PRECEDENT — adj. предшествующий
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PRECEDENT — n. прецедент
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PRECEDENT — adj. предшествующий
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PRECEDENT — n. прецедент
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PRECEDENT — прецедент
Англо-Русский физический словарь

Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык

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