States and conditions
Synonyms for precedence
The synonym for precedence recorded in this bank is priority, in the sense "status established in order of importance or urgency". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for precedence
- prioritynoun, in the sense "status established in order of importance or urgency"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and precedence carries one sense so far.
status established in order of importance or urgency
Urgent cases take precedence over routine appointments.
The true synonym
priority
Same sentence, swapped: Urgent cases take priority over routine appointments.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where precedence stands in the sentence above.
- stardom
- distinction
- status
Where precedence turns up in the game
precedence is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play precedence
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so precedence reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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