Meaning

3 senses

  1. (not comparable)Coming before in order or time; earlier, former, previous.

    His prior residence was smaller than his current one.

    I had no prior knowledge you were coming.

    vorausgehend, früher, vorherig

    предше́ствовавшийpredšéstvovavšij, предше́ствующийpredšéstvujuščij, пре́жнийpréžnij

    earlier in time

  2. (not comparable)More important or significant.

  3. (not comparable)Chiefly in prior probability: of the probability of an event: determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.

    a priori

    априо́рныйapriórnyj

    апріо́рнийapriórnyj

Examples

80 sentences

  1. No prior experience is required.

    Попередній досвід необов'язковий. — lingvokrolik

    ruОпыт работы не требуется. — marafon

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  2. It happened prior to my arrival.

    ruЭто произошло до моего прибытия. — AntonKhorev

    deEs geschah vor meiner Ankunft. — Tamy

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  3. Tom has no prior criminal record.

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  4. I'm afraid I have a prior engagement.

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  5. I'm sorry, but I have a prior engagement.

    ruПрошу прощения, но я связан прежними обязательствами. — sharptoothed

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of the probability of an event: determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it:
Русский
By meaning 2
coming before in importance, order, or time — see also earlier, former, previous, anterior, antecedent, precedent:
of the probability of an event: determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
coming before in importance, order, or time — see also earlier, former, previous, anterior, antecedent, precedent:
of the probability of an event: determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it:

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.

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Synonyms

20 synonyms
advanceB1formerB1hithertoC2oldA1pastB1previousB1sometimeB1antecedentanteriorearliererstwhileexforegoneolden
Close in meaning

Word family

13 related words
RelatedpriorityB2a priori
Derivedhyperpriorpriorableprior artpriorateprior authorizationprioristicprior knowledgepriorlyprior probabilityprior restraintprior to

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
printA2printerA2printoutprionprioritiesprioritizepriorityB2priseC2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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