precedence
n. uncountablen. the condition of being more important than something else. When one thing has precedence, it happens first or gets more attention than other things.
n. the condition of being considered more important than someone or something else; priority in importance, order, or rank.
Safety always takes precedence over speed.
In this emergency situation, medical supplies take precedence over all other cargo on the flight.
The legal team argued that constitutional rights must take precedence over local ordinances, regardless of the specific circumstances of the case.
From Middle French précédence (“the state of preceding, anteriority”). Morphologically precede + -ence.
Commonly used with the verb 'take' and the preposition 'over'.
take precedence oftake precedence overThe standard preposition used with precedence to show priority is 'over'.