Term: precedent: a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)
Broader: subject: the subject matter of a conversation or discussion | Unrelated: acquisition: the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
Broader: subject: the subject matter of a conversation or discussion | Unrelated: period: a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
Broader: subject: the subject matter of a conversation or discussion | Unrelated: cycladic civilization: the Bronze Age civilization on the Cyclades islands in the southern Aegean Sea that flourished 3000-1100 BC
Broader: subject: the subject matter of a conversation or discussion | Unrelated: flank: the side of military or naval formation
Broader: subject: the subject matter of a conversation or discussion | Unrelated: bocce ball: wooden ball that is bowled in the Italian game of bocce
Broader: subject: the subject matter of a conversation or discussion | Unrelated: dotted gayfeather: herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers; central United States and Canada to Texas and northern Mexico
Broader: subject: the subject matter of a conversation or discussion | Unrelated: twang: a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
Broader: subject: the subject matter of a conversation or discussion | Unrelated: balance beam: a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts
Broader: subject: the subject matter of a conversation or discussion | Unrelated: equation: the act of regarding as equal
Broader: subject: the subject matter of a conversation or discussion | Unrelated: peruvian balsam: tree of South and Central America yielding an aromatic balsam