precedence

prec·e·dence  (prs-dns, pr-sdns) also prec·e·den·cy (prs-dn-s, pr-sdn-s)

n.

1. The fact, state, or right of preceding; priority: Applications arriving first will receive precedence.

2. Priority claimed or received because of preeminence or superiority: The company asserted its precedence as the leading manufacturer of microchips.

3. A ceremonial order of rank or preference, especially as observed on formal occasions: Recipients of military honors were called in order of precedencehighest ranking officers first.

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precedence [press-ee-denss]

Noun

formal order of rank or position

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1. communications--A designation assigned to a message by the originator to indicate to communications personnel the relative order of handling and to the addressee the order in which the message is to be noted. Examples of communication precedence from most immediate to least are flash, immediate, priority, and routine.
2. reconnaissance--A letter designation, assigned by a unit requesting several reconnaissance missions, to indicate the relative order of importance (within an established priority) of the mission requested.
3. evacuation--The assignment of a priority for medical evacuation that is based on patient condition, advice of the senior medical person at the scene, and the tactical situation. See also flash message; immediate message; priority message; routine message.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	precedence - status established in order of importance or urgency; "...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals"; "national independence takes priority over class struggle" precedency, priority high status - a position of superior status back burner - reduced priority; "dozens of cases were put on the back burner" front burner - top priority; "the work was moved to the front burner in order to meet deadlines"
	2.	precedence - preceding in time antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedency, priority earliness - quality of coming early or earlier in time
	3.	precedence - the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) precession, precedency activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"

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precedence

noun priority, lead, rank, preference, superiority, supremacy, seniority, primacy, pre-eminence, antecedence

Translations

precedence [ˈprɛsɪdəns] n → precedencia (= priority); preferencia

precedence [ˈprɛsɪdəns] n → préséance f

precedence [ˈprɛsɪdəns] precede n (= priority) → Vorrang m;

to take precedence over precede → Vorrang haben vor +dat

precedence [ˈprɛsɪdəns] n → precedenza;

to take precedence over → avere la precedenza su