priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency
(noun) preceding in time
precedence, precedency, priority
(noun) status established in order of importance or urgency; “...its precedence as the world’s leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals”; “national independence takes priority over class struggle”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
priority (countable and uncountable, plural priorities)
An item's relative importance.
A goal of a person or an organisation.
The quality of being earlier or coming first compared to another thing; the state of being prior.
(taxonomy, of a name) A superior claim to use by virtue of being validly published at an earlier date.
(obsolete) Precedence; superior rank.
• (state of being prior): See anteriority
• (superior rank): dignity, eminence, seniority, superiority
Source: Wiktionary
Pri*or"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. priorité. See Prior, a.]
1. The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application.
2. Precedence; superior rank. Shak. Priority of debts, a superior claim to payment, or a claim to payment before others.
Syn.
– Antecedence; precedence; preĂ«minence.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
