Later and Precedent

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Later

Later adjective - Being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else.
Usage example: the details of the plan will be filled in at a later date
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Precedent is an antonym for later.

Precedent

Precedent adjective - Going before another in time or order.
Usage example: behavior that may be explained by a precedent event in her troubled life
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Later is an antonym for precedent.
Nearby Words: precede, preceding, precedence, precedential
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  • Series / Madam Secretary Which Jason McCord later cites as precedent after he punches out a bully for doing the same thing and gets expelled.
    Source: Series / Madam Secretary
  • Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant Pinkie Pie, a Cloudcuckoolander if there ever was onenote Except when she's a total idiot, sets a precedent of being too mentally unstable to even feel fear no later than the show's second episode.
    Source: Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant
  • She has to argue over this to her commander later, when she states that there is actually precedent for it.
    Source: Loophole Abuse / Literature
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