Priority

Quick meaning: Priority is a noun meaning An item's relative importance.

Meaning

An item's relative importance.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

He set his e-mail message's priority to high.

She needs to get her priorities straight and stop playing games.

Follow Cominius. We must follow you. / Right worthy you priority.

In bankruptcy law, a business' debt to its employees has priority over its debt to a landlord, so the employees must be paid first.

Word Forms

• priorities

Synonyms for priority

Depending on context, synonyms include anteriority, dignity, eminence, seniority, superiority, precedence.

Antonyms for priority

Common opposites include disfocus, posteriority, subsequence, subsequentness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include precedency, precedence, anteriority, antecedence, antecedency, prioritized.

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