priority

n. preference, precedence; higher rank, privileged position; seniority, precedence

Priority may refer to:Priority date, a concept of establishing waiting times in the immigration process by United States Department of StatePriority level, the priority of emergency communicationsPriority Records, a record label started in 1985 and acquired by Capitol RecordsPriority right, a time-limited right, triggered by the first filing of an application for a patentPriority signs, a traffic sign that specifies which route has the right of wayScientific priority, the priority of scientific ideasSubordination (finance), the order of priorities in claims for ownership or interest in various assets
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Noun
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"
(synonym) precedence, precedency
(hypernym) high status
(hyponym) back burner
(derivation) prioritize, prioritise
2. preceding in time
(synonym) antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency
(antonym) posteriority, subsequentness, subsequence
(hypernym) earliness
(derivation) prioritize, prioritise

(a.)
The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application.
  

(a.)
Precedence; superior rank.
  

1. Priority, unless specifically qualified, is the right to occupy a specific frequency for authorized uses, free of harmful interference from stations of other agencies. [NTIA] 2. Synonym priority level. 3. In DOD record communications systems, one of the four levels of precedence used to establish the time frame for handling a given message. 4. In DOD voice communications systems, one of the levels of precedence assigned to a subscriber telephone for the purpose of preemption of telephone services.