priority
An item's relative importanceAn item's relative importance.
» We've given your order highest priority.
Вашому замовленню присвоєно найвищий рівень пріоритету.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)An item's relative importance.
He set his e-mail message's priority to high.
Priorität, Vorrang, Vorrangigkeit
приорите́тprioritét
пріорите́тpriorytét
(countable, uncountable)A goal of a person or an organisation.
She needs to get her priorities straight and stop playing games.
Priorität
(countable, uncountable)The quality of being earlier or coming first compared to another thing; the state of being prior.
In bankruptcy law, a business' debt to its employees has priority over its debt to a landlord, so the employees must be paid first.
(countable, uncountable)A superior claim to use by virtue of being validly published at an earlier date.
(countable, uncountable)Precedence; superior rank.
(countable, uncountable)Right of way; The right to pass (an intersection) before other road users.
- preceding in time
- status established in order of importance or urgency
Examples
238 sentencesWe've given your order highest priority.
Вашому замовленню присвоєно найвищий рівень пріоритету.
Tom and I have different priorities.
У нас із Томом різні пріоритети.
ruУ нас с Томом разные приоритеты.
Tom says he has other priorities.
Том каже, що має інші пріоритети.
Tom and Mary had different priorities.
У Тома та Мері були різні пріоритети.
ruУ Тома и Мэри разные приоритеты.
deTom und Maria hatten unterschiedliche Prioritäten.
Tom's priorities have changed.
У Тома змінилися пріоритети.
Translations
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Origin
From Old French priorite, from Latin priōritās.From Old French priorite, from Latin priōritās.
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Forms
plural: priorities| Singular | priority |
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regular
Synonyms
9 synonyms- preceding in time:antecedenceantecedencyanteriorityprecedenceprecedency
- status established in order of importance or urgency:precedenceprecedency
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
15 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
10 patterns- priorities priorities
- different priorities priorities
- priorities priorities are
- my priorities priorities
- our priorities priorities
- have different priorities
- of priorities priorities
- your priorities priorities
- different priorities
- top priority