priority

noun

An item's relative importance.

A goal of a person or an organisation.

The quality of being earlier or coming first compared to another thing; the state of being prior.

Precedence; superior rank.

(transport) Right of way; The right to pass (an intersection) before other road users.

(taxonomy, of a name) A superior claim to use by virtue of being validly published at an earlier date.

Roots

priorprior- · Latin · former, earlier

Synonyms for priority

anteriorityn precedencen precedencyn antecedencen primacyn urgencyn importancen preferencen

Words related to priority

prioritizedv deprioritizev prioritizationn prioritizingv hierarchizev hierarchizationn upmostadj urgentadj paramountadj importantadj uppermostadj foremostadj topmostadj focusn triagedn imperativeadj primateshipn agendan overridingadj

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