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previousness

NOUN
precedence
Synonyms
STRONG
antecedence earliness lead precedency precession preeminence preexistence preference primary priority rank seniority superiority supremacy
WEAK
anteposition prevenience
Antonyms
STRONG
subservience
WEAK
inferiority last lowest
NOUN
precedency
Synonyms
STRONG
antecedence earliness lead precession preeminence preexistence preference primary priority rank seniority superiority supremacy
WEAK
anteposition prevenience right of way
Antonyms
STRONG
subservience
NOUN
priority
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arrangement preference
STRONG
antecedence lead order precedence preeminence prerogative rank seniority superiority supremacy transcendence
WEAK
crash project greatest importance right of way
Antonyms
STRONG
inferiority last subservience
WEAK
unimportance

Example Sentences

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There was comment on "the previousness of Herr Rumpler"�Herr Manager Rumpler of the famed Rumpler Airplane Works, Germany�when he addressed the Society for the Scientific Study of Aircraft Development at Dusseldorf last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

A flash of good sense showed her the previousness of her calculations, and she mentally withdrew her hand from meddling.

From Aurora the Magnificent by Brownell, Gertrude Hall