Englishئاساسىي لۇغەت
precedent
Universal Words
noun
1 [C,U] an official action or decision that has happened in the past and that is seen as an example or a rule to be followed in a similar situation later:
The ruling set a precedent for future libel cases.
2 [C,U] a similar action or event that happened earlier:
historical precedents * There is no precedent for a disaster of this scale. * Such protests are without precedent in recent history.
3 [U] the way that things have always been done
SYNTRADITION:
to break with precedent (= to do sth in a different way)
seealsoUNPRECEDENTED
