"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. obvious precedent = oczywisty precedens obvious precedent
2. useful precedent = przydatny precedens useful precedent
3. strong precedent = mocny precedens strong precedent
4. real precedent = rzeczywisty precedens real precedent
  • If we achieve it, it will be a real precedent for demilitarization.
  • None of the families depicted here were real, nor founded upon real precedents.
  • The notion that a dictator like Kim can be coaxed to reform has no real historical precedent.
  • But there is no real precedent for Rose's situation.
  • There is no real modern precedent to draw on in Congress, although there is among state legislatures.
  • There are few real precedents for the new policy.
  • I see what you mean (although I'm not really worried at this stage) and there are real precedents which legitimise your worries.
  • Prior to this time, the early seventies, there was no real precedent for autonomous women's groups organizing around a woman-only issue.
  • There's no real precedent to know what will happen.
  • Now there will be some real legal precedents protecting future "offenders"
5. powerful precedent = mocny precedens powerful precedent
(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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