précédent

Meaning

Adj

previous; preceding; earlier

Noun

precedent

Concepts

precedent

previous

former

preceding

prior

anterior

past

antecedent

advance

advanced

last

foregoing

old

earlier

forward

custom

case law

common law

predecessor

bygone days

of convention

base

foundation

some time ago

ago

before

previously

to

last installment

last instalment

last session

last time

habit

practice

usual

front

initial

precede

leading case

in advance

premature

retiring

late

case in point

foregone

ex-

bygone

attributive

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pʁe.se.dɑ̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French precedent, borrowed from Latin praecedentem. Attested earlier than the verb précéder, which is possibly a back-formation.

Sentences

Amendement de cohérence avec le précédent .

Consistency amendment with the previous one.

Dimitri Logothetis, coscénariste du précédent , est annoncé comme réalisateur et scénariste .

Dimitri Logothetis, co-writer of the previous one, is announced as director and screenwriter.