🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

sin precedentes

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sin preθeˈðentes

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Unprecedented/ʌnˈprɛsɪdɛntɪd/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La pandemia provocó cambios sin precedentes en la vida diaria."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Never done or known before.

    "The pandemic led to unprecedented changes in daily life."
  2. 2

    Without previous example; unparalleled.

    "The scientist made unprecedented discoveries in the field of genetics."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'unprecedented' is derived from the prefix 'un-' meaning 'not', combined with 'precedent', which comes from the Latin 'praecedens', meaning 'going before'. The term evolved in the early 17th century to describe something that has never happened before.

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