Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Authorized by precedent; in accordance with precedent or established custom.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective rare Having a
precedent ; notnovel - verb rare Simple past tense and past participle of
precedent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having or supported or justified by a precedent
Etymologies
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Examples
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From the surface, he seems WAY too hawkish, and an Executive going to war without Congressional authority, though definitely precedented, is still scary as hell.
duh pookie 2009
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All Hatch is saying is that any appearance of dissention by the GOP is entirely justified and/or precedented.
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Ok, we are coming out of a precedented global recession, however, this week there have been signs that things are starting to improve.
Because talking down the economy does not help… « My Liberal Democrat Political Ramblings… 2009
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The budget for peace-keeping forces is at an all time high as the UN deploys un-precedented numbers of blue berets in trouble spots around the world -- deployed, almost always, after conflict has broken out.
Nicholas van Praag: Prevention Is Better Than Post-Conflict Catch-Up Nicholas van Praag 2010
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The real outrage is how common and banal, how unsurprising and thoroughly precedented it is.
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The real outrage is how common and banal, how unsurprising and thoroughly precedented it is.
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Ok, we are coming out of a precedented global recession, however, this week there have been signs that things are starting to improve.
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The real outrage is how common and banal, how unsurprising and thoroughly precedented it is.
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Perhaps as often precedented as a member of the shadow cabinet calling a by-election for his own seat unprompted.
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(I was a prisoner in his apartment; you know, we were "friends," in a never-acknowledge-nor-precedented way.)
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