"precedent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

precedent sustantivo

sustantivo + precedent
Kolokacji: 4
court precedent • condition precedent • abortion precedent • Senate precedent
precedent + verbo
Kolokacji: 8
precedent exists • precedent suggests • precedent establishes • precedent sets • precedent applies • ...
verbo + precedent
Kolokacji: 10
set a precedent • establish a precedent • cite precedents • take precedent • create a precedent • ...
adjetivo + precedent
Kolokacji: 50
legal precedent • dangerous precedent • historical precedent • bad precedent • important precedent • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 11
2. bad precedent = zły precedens bad precedent
3. terrible precedent = straszny precedens terrible precedent
4. only precedent = jedyny precedens only precedent
5. troubling precedent = przeszkadzając precedensowi troubling precedent
6. disturbing precedent = zakłócając precedens disturbing precedent
  • It is a disturbing precedent you set.
  • To some Vatican officials, that represented an astonishing departure from church custom and theology and a disturbing precedent.
  • It's a disturbing precedent to abolish the single spontaneous interaction that executives - who, after all, are hired help - have with their owners every year.
  • This is a disturbing and terrible precedent.
  • Forcing the bureau to give them up would set a disturbing precedent.
  • To those who are alarmed about the trend, the history of 1997 and 1998 sets a disturbing precedent.
  • It would establish a disturbing precedent, sir.
  • Given this administration's abysmal record on these issues, this case could set a disturbing and dangerous precedent.
  • Given the wealth of precedents for peaceful marches, it is a highly disturbing precedent.
  • North Korea's withdrawal from the treaty would also be the first time a nation has pulled out of the agreement, a disturbing precedent for arms control.
(6) clear, direct, positive
Kolokacji: 3
(10) unfortunate, ominous, damaging
Kolokacji: 3
(11) international, national
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + precedent
Kolokacji: 11
without precedent • of precedent • to precedent • with precedent • on precedent • ...

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