priority : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: priority	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
priority n status established in order of importance or urgency; "...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals"; "national independence takes priority over class struggle" Synonym(s): precedence, precedency, priority preceding in time Synonym(s): priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency Antonym(s): posteriority, subsequence, subsequentness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Priority \Prior"ity\, 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.