Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

precedented

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables
prece-dent-ed
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a precedent; not novel

verb

simple past and past participle of precedent

Example Sentences

Etymology

c. 1650 precedent + -ed, possibly a back-formation from unprecedented.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more precedented (comparative) most precedented (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

unprecedented

Questions

What does precedented mean?
Having a precedent; not novel
Where does precedented come from?
c. 1650 precedent + -ed, possibly a back-formation from unprecedented.

How to pronounce precedented

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