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priority.

An item's relative importance.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/Received-Pronunciation/pɹaɪˈɔɹɪtɪj/British, Southern, Standard/pɹaɪˈoɹəti/Canada, General-American[pɹaɪˈoɹəɾi]Canada, General-American
  1. An item's relative importance.

    countable · uncountable
    He set his e-mail message's priority to high.
  2. A goal of a person or an organisation.

    countable · uncountable
    She needs to get her priorities straight and stop playing games.
  3. The quality of being earlier or coming first compared to another thing; the state of being prior.

    countable · uncountable
    In bankruptcy law, a business' debt to its employees has priority over its debt to a landlord, so the employees must be paid first.
  4. A superior claim to use by virtue of being validly published at an earlier date.

    countable · uncountable
  5. Precedence; superior rank.

    countable · uncountable
  6. Right of way; The right to pass (an intersection) before other road users.

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Where this word comes from

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

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