precedence
suomi-englanti sanakirjaprecedence englannista suomeksi
etusija
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Substantiivi
precedence englanniksi
The state of preceding in importance or priority.
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(quote-book) where there is then no good / For which to strive, no strife can grow up there / From faction; for none sure will claim in hell / Precedence, none, whose portion is so small / Of present pain, that with ambitious mind / Will covet more.
(quote-book) Mr. Payne, who was wholly unconscious that we were engaged on the same work, and freely offered him precedence and possession of the field till no longer wanted.
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(quote-book) A fool alone will / contest the precedence of ancestors / and gods; the wise wisely / sing them grandiloquent lullabies / knowing they are children / those omnipotent deities.
(quote-journal)
(quote-journal) the intention certainly is that all parts of the amendment should cover comparable bodies in Scotland: There is perfectly good precedence for this in Part I of the Bill (..)