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precedent
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of PRECEDENT
going before another in time or order <behavior that may be explained by a precedent event in her troubled life>
Related Words advance, early, premature; earliest, first, inaugural, initial, maiden, original, pioneer; preexisting; introductory, preliminary; erstwhile, whilom
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