PRIORITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Preceding in time

Synonyms:

antecedence; antecedency; anteriority; precedence; precedency; priority

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("priority" is a kind of...):

earliness (quality of coming early or earlier in time)

Antonym:

posteriority (following in time)

Derivation:

prior (earlier in time)

prioritize (assign a priority to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Status established in order of importance or urgency

Example:

national independence takes priority over class struggle

Synonyms:

precedence; precedency; priority

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("priority" is a kind of...):

high status (a position of superior status)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "priority"):

back burner (reduced priority)

front burner (top priority)

Derivation:

prioritize (assign a priority to)

Credits

Context examples:

It is also a high priority for patients.

(Patients with an ‘empathic’ GP at reduced risk of early death, University of Cambridge)

A double bond with its highest priority side groups on opposite sides.

(E Isomer, NCI Thesaurus)

A separate World Bank study has said slashing pollution must be a priority, saying that solving this problem would lead to solutions to other crises, including global warming and malnutrition.

(Pollution is the World’s No. 1 Killer, VOA)

"Action to alleviate the impact of warming oceans is a priority and understanding the role of pollutants in coral disease and mortality gives us more options for solutions."

(Sea fan corals face new threat in warming ocean: copper, National Science Foundation)

It was therefore a priority for the UCL-led team to determine whether the remains from Canada had biological origins.

(World's Oldest Fossils Unearthed, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The Center's research emphases include high-priority transdisciplinary initiatives, minority health and health disparities, and systems biomedicine initiatives.

(Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)

Chirality axis based stereochemistry where, using the Cahn-Ingold-Prelog (CIP) priority rules, the priorities (from highest to lowest) of the substituent atoms exist in a clockwise direction.

(Axial R, NCI Thesaurus)

It is on the EPA's priority pollutant list.

(Anthracene, NCI Thesaurus)

The Bypass Budget, which is specified in the National Cancer Act, describes the NCI's priorities and planning and guides NCI efforts in discharging its responsibilities as mandated.

(Bypass Budget, NCI Thesaurus)

OCS workshops were held in 1996 and 1997 to define priorities for research, which included the prevalence of physical effects from cancer treatment, the prevalence of second cancers in survivors, quality of life, and quality and cost of follow-up care for survivors.