prior
A prior probability distribution, that is, one determined without knowledge of the…A prior probability distribution, that is, one determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.
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Meaning
12 sensesA prior probability distribution, that is, one determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.
A prior probability distribution, that is, one determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.
(broadly)In the rationalsphere: a belief supported by previous evidence or experience that one can use to make inferences about the future.
(Canada, US, in the plural)A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's criminal record.
Vorstrafe
A high-ranking member of a religious house or religious order.
In an abbey, the person ranking just after the abbot, appointed as his deputy; a prior claustral.
Prior
прио́рpriór, настоя́тельnastojátelʹ
пріо́рpriór
the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
The head of a priory (“a monastery which is usually a branch of an abbey”), or some other minor or smaller monastery; a prior conventual.
The head friar of a house of friars.
The head of the Arrouaisian, Augustinian, and formerly Premonstratensian religious orders.
An honorary position held by a priest in some cathedrals.
(historical)A chief magistrate of the Republic of Florence (1115–1569) in what is now Italy.
(historical)The elected head of a guild of craftsmen or merchants in some countries in Europe and South America.
(obsolete)A person who is the earliest or most prominent in a field; the chief.
(obsolete)The head of a company.
Examples
80 sentencesNo prior experience is required.
Попередній досвід необов'язковий. — lingvokrolik
ruОпыт работы не требуется. — marafon
It happened prior to my arrival.
ruЭто произошло до моего прибытия. — AntonKhorev
deEs geschah vor meiner Ankunft. — Tamy
Tom has no prior criminal record.
I'm afraid I have a prior engagement.
I'm sorry, but I have a prior engagement.
ruПрошу прощения, но я связан прежними обязательствами. — sharptoothed
Translations
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Origin
The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin prior (“earlier, former, previous, prior;The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin prior (“earlier, former, previous, prior; in front; (figurative) better, superior”), from Proto-Italic *priōs (“earlier, previous”, literally “more before”), ultimately from *pri (“before”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pró (“leading to, toward”) and its etymon *per- (“before, in front; first”)) + *-jōs (suffix forming comparative adjectives). Doublet of before, fore, and former.
From Middle English priour, prior (“head or deputy head of a monastery or other religious house; predecessor; superior”), from Old English prior, from Anglo-Norman priour, prior, priur, and Old French prior, priur (modern French prieur), and directly from their etymon Latin prior (“ancestor; predecessor”) (whence Late Latin prior (“superior of a religious house or order; abbot; deputy abbot; head of a guild”)), a noun use of prior (“former, previous, prior”, adjective): see etymology 1.
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