precedent
How many syllables in precedent?
There are 3 syllables in the word precedent.How to pronounce precedent:
Synonyms for precedent:
antecedent
authority
case in point
case law
common law
criterion
example
exemplar
illustration
instance
model
paradigm
pattern
previous example
prototype
representative
standard
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- precautions
- preachers
- prayerful
- practicing
- practices
- potency
- potatoes
- portsoken
- portmanteau
- porphyry
- poppadoms
- ponytail
- pondering
- polymer
- polluted
- polito
- politic
- poaceae
- plundering
- plenary
- pleistocene
- pleadingly
- plantations
- placenta
- pitocin
- pirouette
- pirogen
- piracy
- pioneers
- pinetum
- pinata
- pimento
- pilgrimage
- pictogram
- pickaxe
- pianist
- physique
- physicist
- physician
- physiatrist
- phrygia
- phonograph
- phonemic
- phoenician
- phobias
- phobia
- philomon
- philistines
- philistine
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Syllable Fun Fact
Schwa, represented by the symbol ə, is a common unstressed and neutral vowel sound in many syllables of English words.
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