Hyphenation of precedent

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word precedent? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

prece-dent

Definitions of precedent:

1.	An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
2.	(civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
3.	A system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws Common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States
4.	A subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)
5.	Preceding in time, order, or significance

Synonyms of precedent:

adj	preceding
noun	case in point, example, illustration, instance, representative
noun	case law, common law, civil law
noun	common law, case law, law, jurisprudence
noun	subject, topic, theme

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.