previousness

NOUN

precedence

Synonyms

STRONG

antecedence earliness lead precedency precession preeminence preexistence preference primary priority rank seniority superiority supremacy

WEAK

anteposition prevenience

Antonyms

STRONG

subservience

WEAK

inferiority last lowest

NOUN

precedency

Synonyms

STRONG

antecedence earliness lead precession preeminence preexistence preference primary priority rank seniority superiority supremacy

WEAK

anteposition prevenience right of way

Antonyms

STRONG

subservience

NOUN

priority

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrangement preference

STRONG

antecedence lead order precedence preeminence prerogative rank seniority superiority supremacy transcendence

WEAK

crash project greatest importance right of way

Antonyms

STRONG

inferiority last subservience

WEAK

unimportance

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There was comment on "the previousness of Herr Rumpler"�Herr Manager Rumpler of the famed Rumpler Airplane Works, Germany�when he addressed the Society for the Scientific Study of Aircraft Development at Dusseldorf last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

A flash of good sense showed her the previousness of her calculations, and she mentally withdrew her hand from meddling.

From Aurora the Magnificent by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

previousness

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