order of precedence
collocation in Englishmeaningsoforderandprecedence
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order
noun
uk/ˈɔː.dər/us/ˈɔːr.dɚ/
a request to make, supply, or deliver food ...
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precedence
noun[U]
uk/ˈpres.ɪ.dəns/us/ˈpres.ə.dens/
the condition of being dealt with before other things or of being considered more important than ...
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(Definition oforderandprecedencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theirorderofprecedenceis shown in transition ordering rule (1).
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The faculties were respectively individuated by their degrees, which theorderofprecedencereflected.
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There follows a gradual transformation of the concept of natural law and the reversal of theorderofprecedencebetween natural and human law.
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The arcs between the nodes represent theorderofprecedence.
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Other parts of speech lower in theorderofprecedence, sentence particles and proclitics, are not stressed in normal position in the verse-clause, but become so when displaced.
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I presume that she was arranging her tributes in the ecclesiasticalorderofprecedence, with the greatest at the end.
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A table listing industries inorderofprecedencewould be arbitrary, since it would depend on the definition used in selecting industries.
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I seem to recall that he had doubts as to myorderofprecedenceon these two important matters.
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I was following the ecclesiasticalorderofprecedence, with the most powerful point at the end.
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They were trying to sort them intoorderofprecedenceand fit them within a known budget.
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The first item which is dealt with in the subsection is rules: "stating theorderofprecedenceof courts for the purposes of this subsection".
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It was in direct response to that request that thisorderofprecedencewas set out.
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The first subject in hisorderofprecedencewas preparation for a peace treaty.
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We shall now vote to decide on theorderofprecedence.
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If there are meetings of representatives, what will be theorderofprecedence?
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Today is one of the days on which thisorderofprecedencehas to be observed.
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The staff available for carrying out these work surveys are limited, and they have to take them inorderofprecedence.
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I would like to associate myself with the whole of theorderofprecedencethat he gave.
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Certain alternative methods are specified inorderofprecedence, for use in circumstances where this criterion cannot be applied.
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Certain alternative methods are specified—inorderofprecedence—for use in circumstances where this criterion cannot be applied.
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