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ANTECEDENCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)