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English noun: priority

1. priority (state) status established in order of importance or urgency


Samples...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals.
National independence takes priority over class struggle.


Synonymsprecedence, precedency


Broader (hypernym)high status


Narrower (hyponym)back burner, front burner

2. priority (attribute) preceding in time


Synonymsantecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency


Broader (hypernym)earliness


Antonymssubsequentness, posteriority, subsequence









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