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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Priority  \Pri*or"i*ty\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  priorit['e].  See  {Prior},  a.] 
  1.  The  quality  or  state  of  being  prior  or  antecedent  in  time, 
  or  of  preceding  something  else;  as  priority  of 
  application. 
 
  2.  Precedence;  superior  rank.  --Shak. 
 
  {Priority  of  debts},  a  superior  claim  to  payment,  or  a  claim 
  to  payment  before  others 
 
  Syn:  Antecedence;  precedence;  pre["e]minence. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  priority 
  n  1:  status  established  in  order  of  importance  or  urgency: 
  "...its  precedence  as  the  world's  leading  manufacturer 
  of  pharmaceuticals";  "national  independence  takes 
  priority  over  class  struggle"  [syn:  {precedence},  {precedency}] 
  2:  preceding  in  time  [syn:  {antecedence},  {antecedency},  {anteriority}, 
  {precedence}]  [ant:  {posteriority}]




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