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— English words —

• precedent n. An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
• precedent n. (Law) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.
• precedent n. An established habit or custom.
• precedent n. (Obsolete, with definite article) The aforementioned (thing).
• precedent n. The previous version.
• precedent n. (Obsolete) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
• precedent adj. Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding.
• precedent adj. (Now rare) Coming before in a particular order or arrangement; preceding, foregoing.
• precedent v. (Transitive, law) To provide precedents for.
• precedent v. (Transitive, law) To be a precedent for.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Catalan
  • precedent adj. Previous, preceding.
• Catalan - Romanian
  • precedent n. Precedent.
• Czech
  • precedent n. Precedent (past act used as example).
• Old french
  • precedent adj. Preceding; that comes before.

— English words, defined in French —

• precedent adj. Précédant, qui est avant.
• precedent n. Précédent.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• precedent s. Precedente.

— In Dutch —

• precedent n. Een gebeurtenis of voorbeeld van vroeger waarop men zich…
• precedent n. (Juridisch) (procesrecht) bestaande rechterlijke uitspraak…

— In French —

• précédent adj. Qui précède, qui est immédiatement avant, en parlant ordinairement…
• précédent adj. Qui précède, qui est immédiatement avant, par rapport au…
• précédent n.m. Fait, un exemple antérieur qu’on invoque comme autorité.
• précèdent v. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de précéder.
• précèdent v. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de précéder.

68 English words from 14 English definitions

act aforementioned arrangement article before case cited comes comes␣before Coming Coming␣before copy custom decide decided definite definite␣article draught earlier established example finished for foregoing future habit Happening help instances instances␣in in␣the␣future in␣the␣past in␣time judgment justify law may may␣be Now Obsolete of␣a order outcome particular past place precedent precedents precedes preceding previous provide rare rough similar subsequent taking taking␣place that the thing time Transitive used version which with writing

9 English words from 10 foreign definitions

avant Een est exemple Fait men par rapport van

30 foreign words from 10 foreign definitions

antérieur autorité bestaande comme gebeurtenis immédiatement indicatif invoque Juridisch ordinairement parlant personne pluriel Précédant précède Précédent Precedente précéder présent présent␣du␣subjonctif procesrecht qui subjonctif Troisième Troisième␣personne uitspraak voorbeeld vroeger waarop zich

10 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

precedents precedental precedented precedently precedentary precedential precedenting precedentless precedentially precedential␣law

8 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unprecedental unprecedented unprecedently unprecedential nonprecedential unprecedentedly unprecedentedness persuasive␣precedents

4 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

unprecedent condition␣precedent conditions␣precedent persuasive␣precedent

25 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

CED cede cedent den Den DEN Den. dent Dent ECE Ede eden Eden ent ENT -ent ent- pre pre- prec. precede rec rec. rec'ed recede

15 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

CER dec Dec DEC dec- dec. Dec. dece decerp ECE Ede ERP ned Ned NED

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

precented

6 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

depocenter depocentre epicentred præcedent precedents preenacted

6 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

centered decenter decentre pretence repented repetend

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

precedest

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

præcedent

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