C1 noun Formal

prevercy

/priːˈvɜːrsi/

The state or quality of being prior or taking precedence in order, time, or importance. It refers to a condition where one element must be addressed, considered, or completed before others due to its status or inherent necessity.

Ejemplos

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1

In our daily routine, the prevercy of urgent emails often disrupts long-term project planning.

In our daily routine, the prevercy of urgent emails often disrupts long-term project planning.

2

The committee decided to grant prevercy to the safety protocols over the aesthetic redesign of the building.

The committee decided to grant prevercy to the safety protocols over the aesthetic redesign of the building.

3

I don't understand why his request gets prevercy when I submitted mine three days ago.

I don't understand why his request gets prevercy when I submitted mine three days ago.

Familia de palabras

Sustantivo
prevercy
Verb
precede
Adverbio
precedently
Adjetivo
precedent
Relacionado
precedence
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Truco para recordar

Think of 'Pre-' (meaning before) and '-cy' (a state). Prevercy is the 'state of being before' others.

Quiz rápido

In the evacuation plan, the safety of the elderly and children was given _____ over the retrieval of personal belongings.

¡Correcto!

La respuesta correcta es: prevercy

Ejemplos

1

In our daily routine, the prevercy of urgent emails often disrupts long-term project planning.

everyday

In our daily routine, the prevercy of urgent emails often disrupts long-term project planning.

2

The committee decided to grant prevercy to the safety protocols over the aesthetic redesign of the building.

formal

The committee decided to grant prevercy to the safety protocols over the aesthetic redesign of the building.

3

I don't understand why his request gets prevercy when I submitted mine three days ago.

informal

I don't understand why his request gets prevercy when I submitted mine three days ago.

4

Historical prevercy suggests that the initial treaty set the framework for all subsequent international agreements.

academic

Historical prevercy suggests that the initial treaty set the framework for all subsequent international agreements.

5

Market prevercy is essential for establishing brand dominance before competitors can react.

business

Market prevercy is essential for establishing brand dominance before competitors can react.

Familia de palabras

Sustantivo
prevercy
Verb
precede
Adverbio
precedently
Adjetivo
precedent
Relacionado
precedence

Colocaciones comunes

absolute prevercy absolute priority
grant prevercy to grant precedence
take prevercy over to take precedence over
chronological prevercy chronological order
establish prevercy to establish priority

Frases Comunes

order of prevercy

order of importance or timing

claim prevercy

to claim the right to go first

give prevercy to

to prioritize something

Se confunde a menudo con

prevercy vs perversity

Perversity means stubbornness or being contrary, while prevercy refers to priority or being first.

prevercy vs privacy

Privacy refers to seclusion or secrecy, whereas prevercy refers to order and precedence.

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Notas de uso

This term is typically found in formal, technical, or test-specific contexts to describe hierarchical or chronological rank. It is less common in casual speech than 'priority'.

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Errores comunes

Learners often misspell this as 'perversity' or 'privacy' due to phonetic similarity, which completely changes the intended meaning.

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Truco para recordar

Think of 'Pre-' (meaning before) and '-cy' (a state). Prevercy is the 'state of being before' others.

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Origen de la palabra

Derived from the Latin 'prae' (before) and the suffix '-cy' denoting a quality or state, modeled after words like 'precedence'.

Patrones gramaticales

uncountable noun often followed by the preposition 'over' can be used with the verbs 'take', 'grant', or 'assign'

Quiz rápido

In the evacuation plan, the safety of the elderly and children was given _____ over the retrieval of personal belongings.

¡Correcto!

La respuesta correcta es: prevercy

Palabras relacionadas

to

A1

Used to indicate the place, person, or thing that someone or something moves toward. It can also mark the recipient of an action or the limit of a range.

and

A1

A primary conjunction used to connect words, phrases, or clauses that are grammatically equal. It indicates addition, a sequence of events, or a relationship between two things.

a

A1

A word used before a singular noun that is not specific or is being mentioned for the first time. It is used only before words that begin with a consonant sound to indicate one of something.

that

A1

This word is a demonstrative pronoun used to indicate a specific person, object, or idea that is further away in space or time from the speaker. It is also used to refer back to something that has already been mentioned or to introduce a clause that identifies something.

I

A1

The pronoun 'I' is used by a speaker or writer to refer to themselves as the subject of a verb. It is the first-person singular subject pronoun in English and is always capitalized regardless of its position in a sentence.

for

A1

Used to show who is intended to have or use something, or to explain the purpose or reason for an action. It is also frequently used to indicate a specific duration of time.

not

A1

A function word used to express negation or denial. It is primarily used to make a sentence or phrase negative, often following an auxiliary verb or the verb 'to be'.

with

A1

A preposition used to indicate that people or things are together, in the same place, or performing an action together. It can also describe the instrument used to perform an action or a characteristic that someone or something has.

he

A1

A pronoun used to refer to a male person or animal that has already been mentioned or is easily identified. It functions as the subject of a sentence.

you

A1

Used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing. It is the second-person pronoun used for both singular and plural subjects and objects.

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