Question

Use the tips from this lesson to help you determine which selection most closely matches the definition of precedent in the following sentence.

Julie was shocked when she received detention for talking in class because the school had no precedent for disciplining talkative students.

model, example, or tradition
reason
tendency

Answer 1

model, example, or tradition

Answer 2

Based on how the word "precedent" is used in the given sentence above, I can say that the word that most closely matches the definition of this word is "model, example, or tradition". The word "precedent" here is a noun. The answer would be the first option.