priority

1. (countable, uncountable) An item's relative importance.
2. (countable, uncountable) A goal of a person or an organisation.
3. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being earlier or coming first compared to another thing; the state of being prior.
4. (countable, uncountable) A superior claim to use by virtue of being validly published at an earlier date.
5. (countable, uncountable) Precedence; superior rank.
6. (countable, uncountable) Right of way; The right to pass (an intersection) before other road users.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/

Etymology

From Old French priorite, from Latin priōritās.
Surface analysis: prior + -ity.

Synonyms

precedence

preference

precedency

antecedence

seniority

anteriority

antecedency

previousness

superiority

special treatment

immediately

right of way

now

first

1st

supremacy

prior

prior to

sequence

status

succession

pre-existence

priority level

ancientry

being first

higher rank

pri

right of priority

preferential right

charisma

charm

charter

eminence

favor

first class

former

future

importance

late

law

old

🧓

preemption

previous

Translations

priorité

Priorität

prioridad

priorità

Vorrang

prioridade

προτεραιότητα

precedenza

prioridades

precedência

anterioridad

Vorfahrt

voorrang

Vorzug

priorytet