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
10 June 2025
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
