priority en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /pɹaɪˈɔɹɪtɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- [pɹaɪˈɑɹəɾi] New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore
- /pɹaɪˈɑɹəti/ New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore
- [pɹaɪˈoɹəɾi] (Canada, General-American)
- /pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /pɹɑeˈɔɹəti/ (Australia)
- [pɹɑe̯ˈɔ̟ɹəɾi] (New-Zealand)
- /pɹaɪˈoɹəti/ (Canada, General-American)
- [pɹɑe̯ˈɔɹəɾi] (Australia)
- prī-ôrə-tē (Canada, General-American)
- /pɾaɪˈɒɾɪti/ (Wales)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /pɾaɪˈɔɾɪte/ (Scotland)
- /pɹaɪˈɒɹəti/ (New-Zealand)
Etymology
From Old French priorite, from Latin priōritās. Surface analysis: prior + -ity.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An item's relative importance.
He set his e-mail message's priority to high.
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(countable, uncountable) A goal of a person or an organisation.
She needs to get her priorities straight and stop playing games.
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(countable, uncountable) The quality of being earlier or coming first compared to another thing; the state of being prior.
In bankruptcy law, a business' debt to its employees has priority over its debt to a landlord, so the employees must be paid first.
But it's now platform extension work which will allow the station to handle LNER Azuma trains which needs to take priority, if a direct service to London King's Cross is to begin in 2021.
2020 January 2, Graeme Pickering, “Fuelling the changes on Teesside rails”, in Rail, page 59:
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(countable, of a name, uncountable) A superior claim to use by virtue of being validly published at an earlier date.
Neither [Jones][…] nor I (in 1966) could conceive of reducing our "science" to the ultimate absurdity of reading Finnish newspapers almost a century and a half old in order to establish "priority."
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:
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(countable, uncountable) Precedence; superior rank.
Sozomen is not criticizing Constantine but rather asserting that bishops have priority over emperors, in case the readers might not have understood this […]
1998, Mary Whitby, The Propaganda of Power: The Role of Panegyric in Late Antiquity, BRILL, →ISBN, page 308:Who has priority, one's mother or one's wife? Question: To whom should a married man should give much preference, either his mother or wife?
2007 November 1, Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman, Islam: Questions and Answers - Manners (Part 1), MSA Publication Limited, →ISBN, page 301:Follow Cominius. We must follow you. / Right worthy you priority.
1608, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Coriolanus, act 1, scene 1, line 244:The Holy Ghost is here and He has priority—remember that. The Holy Ghost has priority over your pastor, your church, your teachers—priority over every human thing. He is God, and being God, His voice has priority over all voices,[…]
2010 January 1, A. W. Tozer, Tozer Speaks to Students: Chapel Messages Preached at Wheaton College, Moody Publishers, →ISBN:
- (countable, uncountable) Right of way; The right to pass (an intersection) before other road users.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| priorities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
disfocus (state of not focusing or prioritizing)
Deriveds
priority seat · aperture priority · nonpriority · subpriority · get one's priorities straight · prioritise · priority queue · Markan priority · prioritization · unpriority · prioritied · prioritarian · get one's priorities right · prioritize · aperture-priority · Marcan priority · top priority · priority road · shutter priority
Synonyms
eminence (superior rank) · seniority (superior rank) · dignity (superior rank) · superiority (superior rank) · anteriority
Translations (104)
az birincilik (item's relative importance) · sk priorita (item's relative importance) · gl prioridade (goal of a person or an organisation) · th สิทธิไปก่อน (item's relative importance) · ko 우선권 (item's relative importance) · lv prioritāte (item's relative importance) · fi tavoite (goal of a person or an organisation) · ar أَوَّلَِيَّة (item's relative importance) · gl prioridade (item's relative importance) · lt prioritetas (item's relative importance) · da prioritet (goal of a person or an organisation) · hi वरीयता (item's relative importance) · it priorità (item's relative importance) · sv prioritering (goal of a person or an organisation) · de Priorität (item's relative importance) · arz اولوية (goal of a person or an organisation) · kk басымдық (item's relative importance) · mi whakaarotau (item's relative importance) · pt prioridade (item's relative importance) · sv prioritet (item's relative importance) · es prioridad (goal of a person or an organisation) · uz prioritet (item's relative importance) · pt prioridade (goal of a person or an organisation) · ar أَوْلَوِيَّة (item's relative importance) · ko 우선 (item's relative importance) · sv prioritet (goal of a person or an organisation) · ar أَوَّلَِيَّة (goal of a person or an organisation) · ru приорите́т (item's relative importance) · ml മുൻഗണന (goal of a person or an organisation) · be прыярытэ́т (item's relative importance) · nb prioritet (goal of a person or an organisation) · cmn 更重要的事 (item's relative importance) · sq prioritet (item's relative importance) · el προτεραιότητα (item's relative importance) · nl prioriteit (item's relative importance) · th ความสำคัญ (item's relative importance) · sh приорѝте̄т (item's relative importance) · de größere Wichtigkeit (item's relative importance) · de Vorrang (item's relative importance) · da prioritet (item's relative importance) · hy առաջնություն (item's relative importance) · nb prioritet (item's relative importance) · hi अग्रिमता (item's relative importance) · cmn 優先權 /优先权 (item's relative importance) · hi पूर्वता (item's relative importance) · ca prioritat (item's relative importance) · cmn 目的 (goal of a person or an organisation) · hi अग्रिमता (goal of a person or an organisation) · pt prioridades (goal of a person or an organisation) · sv företräde (item's relative importance) · uz birinchilik (item's relative importance) · fr priorité (item's relative importance) · et prioriteet (item's relative importance) · ar أَوْلَوِيَّة (goal of a person or an organisation) · pl priorytet (goal of a person or an organisation) · fa اُولَویَّت (item's relative importance) · ps اوليت (item's relative importance) · hi प्राथमिकता (item's relative importance) · nl voorrang (item's relative importance) · az prioritet (item's relative importance) · ur اَوَّلِیَّت (item's relative importance) · sh prvènstvo (item's relative importance) · tg приоритет (item's relative importance) · sh првѐнство (item's relative importance) · uk пріорите́т (item's relative importance) · is forgangur (item's relative importance) · sl prednost (item's relative importance) · hy պրիորիտետ (item's relative importance) · el προτεραιότητα (goal of a person or an organisation) · sv förtur (item's relative importance) · ky приоритет (item's relative importance) · ky биринчилик (item's relative importance) · ro prioritate (item's relative importance) · ur اَولَوِیَّت (item's relative importance) · eo prioritato (item's relative importance) · es prioridad (item's relative importance) · cs priorita (goal of a person or an organisation) · cs priorita (item's relative importance) · de Priorität (goal of a person or an organisation) · nn prioritet (goal of a person or an organisation) · tg аввалият (item's relative importance) · ja 優先権 (item's relative importance) · vi sự ưu tiên (item's relative importance) · fi prioriteetti (item's relative importance) · sv fokus (goal of a person or an organisation) · tr öncelik (item's relative importance) · fi tärkeys (item's relative importance) · ro întâietate (item's relative importance) · fr priorité (goal of a person or an organisation) · hu elsőbbség (item's relative importance) · id prioritas (item's relative importance) · eo prioritato (goal of a person or an organisation) · pl priorytet (item's relative importance) · fi tärkeysjärjestys (goal of a person or an organisation) · ja 優先 (item's relative importance) · pt prioridades (item's relative importance) · ka პრიორიტეტი (item's relative importance) · mk приорите́т (item's relative importance) · ro prioritate (goal of a person or an organisation) · de Vorrangigkeit (item's relative importance) · nn prioritet (item's relative importance) · bg приорите́т (item's relative importance) · sh priorìtēt (item's relative importance) · th ลำดับความสำคัญ (item's relative importance)