Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
PRECEDENCE
precession, precedence, precedency
(noun) the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency
(noun) preceding in time
precedence, precedency, priority
(noun) status established in order of importance or urgency; “...its precedence as the world’s leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals”; “national independence takes priority over class struggle”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
precedence (countable and uncountable, plural precedences)
The state of preceding in importance or priority.
Precedent.
Synonyms
• (state of preceding): See anteriority
Usage notes
• The more important entity is said to take precedence over (or, in older texts, take precedence of) the less important.
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*ced"ence, Pre*ced"en*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. précédence. See Precede.]
1. The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.
2. The act or state of going or being before in rank or dignity, or the place of honor; right to a more honorable place; superior rank; as, barons have precedence of commoners. Which of them [the different desires] has the precedency in determining the will to the next action Locke.
Syn.
– Antecedence; priority; preĂ«minence; preference; superiority.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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