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priority

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CIDE DICTIONARY

priorityn. [Cf. F. priorité. See Prior, a.].
  •  The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Precedence; superior rank.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
Priority of debts, a superior claim to payment, or a claim to payment before others.
Syn. -- Antecedence; precedence; pre'89minence.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

priority, n. (pl. -ies)
1 the fact or condition of being earlier or antecedent.
2 precedence in rank etc.
3 an interest having prior claim to consideration.

Derivative
prioritize v.tr. (also -ise). prioritization n.
Etymology
ME f. OF priorit{eacute} f. med.L prioritas -tatis f. L prior (as PRIOR)

THESAURUS

priority

accent, accomplishment, antecedence, antecedency, anteposition, anteriority, arrangement, ascendancy, authority, bold front, brave face, brave front, concern, concernment, consequence, consequentiality, consideration, deanship, display, dominion, eminence, emphasis, excellence, facade, face, facet, facia, favor, fore, forefront, foregoing, foreground, forehand, foreland, forepart, forequarter, foreside, foreword, front, front elevation, front man, front matter, front page, front position, front view, frontage, frontal, frontier, frontispiece, greatness, head, heading, high order, high rank, immediacy, import, importance, incomparability, influence, influentialness, inimitability, interest, lap, le pas, lead, leading, majority, mark, materiality, merit, moment, note, obverse, one-upmanship, order, ordering, paramountcy, precedence, precedency, preceding, precession, precursor, predominance, predomination, preeminence, preface, preference, prefix, prefixation, prelude, preponderance, prepotence, prepotency, prerogative, pressure, prestige, primacy, privilege, prominence, proscenium, prothesis, rank, right, right-of-way, self-importance, seniority, significance, skill, stature, stress, success, superiority, supremacy, the lead, top priority, transcendence, transcendency, urgency, value, van, virtuosity, weight, weightiness, window dressing, worth

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priority

Precedence

N precedence, coming before, the lead, le pas, superiority, importance, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precursor, priority, precession, anteposition, epacme, preference, preceding, precedent, antecedent, anterior, prior, before, former, foregoing, beforementioned, abovementioned, aforementioned, aforesaid, said, precursory, precursive, prevenient, preliminary, prefatory, introductory, prelusive, prelusory, proemial, preparatory, before, in advance, seniores priores, prior tempore prior jure.

Priority

N priority, antecedence, anteriority, precedence, pre-existence, precession, precursor, the past, premises, prior, previous, preceding, precedent, anterior, antecedent, pre- existing, pre-existent, former, foregoing, aforementioned, before- mentioned, abovementioned, aforesaid, said, introductory, before, prior to, earlier, previously, afore, aforehand, beforehand, ere, theretofore, erewhile, ere then, ere now, before then, before now, erewhile, already, yet, beforehand, on the eve of, prior tempore prior jure.

Precession

N precession, leading, heading, precedence, priority, the lead, le pas, van, precursor, leading, precedent, in advance, before, ahead, in the van, in the lead, foremost, headmost, in front, at the head, out in front, way out in front, far ahead, seniores priores, ahead of his time.


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