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.

Examples

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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.

Word Family

Noun
prevercy
Verb
precede
Adverb
precedently
Adjective
precedent
Related
precedence
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Memory Tip

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

Quick Quiz

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

Correct!

The correct answer is: prevercy

Examples

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.

Word Family

Noun
prevercy
Verb
precede
Adverb
precedently
Adjective
precedent
Related
precedence

Common Collocations

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

Common Phrases

order of prevercy

order of importance or timing

claim prevercy

to claim the right to go first

give prevercy to

to prioritize something

Often Confused With

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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Usage Notes

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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Common Mistakes

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

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Memory Tip

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

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Word Origin

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

Grammar Patterns

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

Quick Quiz

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

Correct!

The correct answer is: prevercy

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