precedented

1. 1.

   having or supported or justified by a precedent

   Antonymsunprecedented

Questions about precedented

What does precedented mean?

precedented means "having or supported or justified by a precedent".

How many syllables are in precedented?

precedented has 4 syllables: pre-ce-den-ted. The stress falls on "ce".

What is the opposite of precedented?

The recorded antonyms are unprecedented.

Is precedented a common word?

precedented is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.