'Priority' definitions:
Definition of 'priority'
(from WordNet)
noun
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" [syn: precedence, precedency, priority]
noun
Preceding in time [syn: priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency] [ant: posteriority, subsequence, subsequentness]
Definition of 'Priority'
From: GCIDE
- Priority \Pri*or"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. priorit['e]. See Prior, a.]
- 1. The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Precedence; superior rank. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Priority of debts, a superior claim to payment, or a claim to payment before others. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Antecedence; precedence; pre["e]minence. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'priority'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accent,
- accomplishment,
- antecedence,
- antecedency,
- anteposition,
- anteriority,
- arrangement,
- ascendancy,
- authority,
- bold front,
- brave face,
- brave front,
- concern,
- concernment,
- consequence,
- consequentiality,
- consideration,
- deanship,
- display,
- dominion,
- eminence,
- emphasis,
- excellence,
- facade,
- face,
- facet,
- facia,
- favor,
- fore,
- forefront,
- foregoing,
- foreground,
- forehand,
- foreland,
- forepart,
- forequarter,
- foreside,
- foreword,
- front,
- front elevation,
- front man,
- front matter,
- front page,
- front position,
- front view,
- frontage,
- frontal,
- frontier,
- frontispiece,
- greatness,
- head,
- heading,
- high order,
- high rank,
- immediacy,
- import,
- importance,
- incomparability,
- influence,
- influentialness,
- inimitability,
- interest,
- lap,
- le pas,
- lead,
- leading,
- majority,
- mark,
- materiality,
- merit,
- moment,
- note,
- obverse,
- one-upmanship,
- order,
- ordering,
- paramountcy,
- precedence,
- precedency,
- preceding,
- precession,
- precursor,
- predominance,
- predomination,
- preeminence,
- preface,
- preference,
- prefix,
- prefixation,
- prelude,
- preponderance,
- prepotence,
- prepotency,
- prerogative,
- pressure,
- prestige,
- primacy,
- privilege,
- prominence,
- proscenium,
- prothesis,
- rank,
- right,
- right-of-way,
- self-importance,
- seniority,
- significance,
- skill,
- stature,
- stress,
- success,
- superiority,
- supremacy,
- the lead,
- top priority,
- transcendence,
- transcendency,
- urgency,
- value,
- van,
- virtuosity,
- weight,
- weightiness,
- window dressing,
- worth