"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
(6) clear, direct, positive
Kolokacji: 3
1. clear precedent = jasny precedens clear precedent
2. direct precedent = bezpośredni precedens direct precedent
3. positive precedent = pozytywny precedens positive precedent
  • But positive precedent wasn't kind to Stefan Edberg of Sweden, who fell despite wielding a 10-0 record against his opponent.
  • Diplomats said the meeting, the first of the center's consultative committee under the mechanism of "unusual military activities," was a positive precedent.
  • By letting your little girl know that she's valued and loved, you can establish a positive precedent for her subsequent male relationships.
  • This sets a positive and strong precedent for public officials: "gray" is not clean enough.
  • "The tribe understands that it needs to establish a good positive precedent here so people will do the ethical and moral thing and come forward," Mr. McBride said.
  • Bankers Trust officials said they were pleased by the 95-page decision handed down yesterday in London and argued that it was a positive precedent.
  • Thirdly, the success of this Stability Pact may well set a positive precedent for the East, with the Pact extended in the direction of the currently very unstable Caucasus.
  • I hope that this positive precedent will continue.
  • We also hope to create a positive precedent.
  • The positive precedent set by Moldova should be acknowledged and encouraged.
(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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