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
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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