PRIORITY

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

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (state of being prior): See anteriority

• (superior rank): dignity, eminence, seniority, superiority

Source: Wiktionary

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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; preëminence.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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