precative
— Adjective
– English
～ expressing entreaty or supplication; "precatory overtures"
precatory
— Adjective
– English
～ expressing entreaty or supplication; "precatory overtures"
precaution
— Noun
– English
～ judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger; "he exercised caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with care"
precaution
— Noun
– English
～ the trait of practicing caution in advance
precaution
— Noun
– English
～ a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.; "he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution"; "an insurance policy is a good safeguard"; "we let our guard down"
precautional
— Adjective
– English
～ taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure; "gave precautionary advice"; "I would take precautionary steps to keep him away"
precautionary
— Adjective
– English
～ taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure; "gave precautionary advice"; "I would take precautionary steps to keep him away"
precava
— Noun
– English
～ receives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart; formed from the azygos and both brachiocephalic veins
precede
— Verb
– English
～ come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
precede
— Verb
– English
～ move ahead (of others) in time or space
precede
— Verb
– English
～ be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
precede
— Verb
– English
～ furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
precede
— Verb
– English
～ be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
precedence
— Noun
– English
～ status established in order of importance or urgency; "...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals"; "national independence takes priority over class struggle"
precedence
— Noun
– English
～ the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
precedency
— Noun
– English
～ the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
precedency
— Noun
– English
～ status established in order of importance or urgency; "...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals"; "national independence takes priority over class struggle"
precedent
— Noun
– English
～ an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time