priority

pronunciation

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Noun:

status established in order of importance or urgency
preceding in time

Word Origin

priority (n.): late 14c., "state of being earlier," from Old French priorite (14c.), from Medieval Latin prioritatem (nominative prioritas) "fact or condition of being prior," from Latin prior (see prior (adj.)). From c. 1400 as "precedence in right or rank." Wyclif (early 15c.) renders prioritas into (Middle) English as furtherhead.

Synonym

n.

primacy weight authority prerogative urgency preeminence influence preference supremacy tenure

n.

leading front seniority previousness predating anteriority concern antedating precedence rank

Example

1. Introduce a clear top-down stance that defines the priority of social initiatives .

2. Why should europe be a priority ?

3. Ms lagarde is pushing another priority .

4. The tiger is the group 's priority for 2010 .

5. So do bankruptcy laws that provide priority for derivatives .

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