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General (31 matching dictionaries)

1. precedent: Merriam-Webster.com [home, info]
2. precedent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries [home, info]
3. precedent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
4. precedent: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
5. precedent: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
6. precedent: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]
7. Precedent, precedent: Wordnik [home, info]
8. precedent: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
9. precedent: Wiktionary [home, info]
10. precedent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
11. precedent: V2 Vocabulary Building Dictionary [home, info]
12. precedent: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
13. precedent: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
14. precedent: Dictionary.com [home, info]
15. precedent (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
16. precedent: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
17. precedent: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
18. Precedent (law), Precedent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
19. Precedent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
20. precedent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
21. precedent: Rhymezone [home, info]
22. precedent, precedent (het): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
23. precedent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
24. precedent: Free Dictionary [home, info]
25. precedent: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
26. precedent: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
27. precedent: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
28. precedent: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
29. precedent: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]

Business (12 matching dictionaries)

30. precedent: Webster's New World Law Dictionary [home, info]
31. Precedent: Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary [home, info]
32. precedent: Law.com Dictionary [home, info]
33. precedent: Everybody's Legal Dictionary [home, info]
34. PRECEDENT: DS Dictionary [home, info]
35. Precedent: THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM [home, info]
36. precedent: Glossary of Legal Terms [home, info]
37. precedent: Nelson Political Science Glossary [home, info]
38. Precedent: International Law Dictionary [home, info]
39. precedent: Legal dictionary [home, info]
40. Precedent: Glossary of Labor & Legal Terminology [home, info]
41. precedent: BusinessDictionary.com [home, info]

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

42. precedent: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

43. precedent: Medical dictionary [home, info]

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

44. precedent: Political [home, info]
45. precedent: Idioms [home, info]

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

46. Precedent: Urban Dictionary [home, info]

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Quick definitions from Macmillan ( ) Provided by Quick definitions from WordNet (precedent) ▸ noun:  an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time ▸ noun:  a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time) ▸ noun:  (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions ▸ noun:  a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws ▸ adjective:  preceding in time, order, or significance ▸ Also see precedents ▸ Word origin ▸ Words similar to precedent ▸ Usage examples for precedent ▸ Idioms related to precedent (New!) ▸ Popular adjectives describing precedent ▸ Popular nouns described by precedent ▸ Words that often appear near precedent ▸ Rhymes of precedent ▸ Invented words related to precedent