English Dictionary: priority | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Priority \Pri*or"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. priorit[82]. 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; pre[89]minence. |