Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

precedence rule

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables: prece-dence rule
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A set of rules specifying the order in which parts of an expression are parsed, especially when parentheses are not present.

Inflected Forms

precedence rules (plural)

Phrases

order of operations

Frequently Paired Words

order of operations

Questions

What does precedence rule mean?: A set of rules specifying the order in which parts of an expression are parsed, especially when parentheses are not present.

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