priority

[Pri*or·i*ty]

When a group or a person cares about one thing over all others, that’s the top priority. “After the flood, finding a place to live became their first priority.”

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

Noun
preceding in time

Noun
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"


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.


Priority

Pri*or"i*ty , n. [Cf. F. priorit'82. 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'89minence.

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

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Usage Examples

I believe that parents need to make nutrition education a priority in their home environment. It's crucial for good health and longevity to instill in your children sound eating habits from an early age.

Creative people don't behave very well generally. If you're looking for examples of good relationships in show business, you're gonna be depressed real fast. I don't have time for anything else right now but work and my daughter. She's my first priority.

Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.

As a father, my first priority is to help my sons set and attain personal goals so they will develop self-confidence and individual strength. Engaging in regular fitness activities with my children helps me fulfill those responsibilities.

Government does not have a revenue problem government has a spending problem. Government does not have a revenue problem government has a priority problem. It is time that we begin to fine tune our focus and decide what the priority of government ought to be.

For the sake of our health, our children and grandchildren and even our economic well-being, we must make protecting the planet our top priority.

Citizens must pressure the American Hospital Association, the American Public Health Association, the Centers for Disease Control and other relevant governmental agencies to make greening our hospitals and medical centers a top priority so that they themselves don't create even more illness.

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Other Usage Examples

His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.

Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority.

I am hoping this is my year to have children. I understand that I am possibly more European in my views of marriage. I am not going to say I'm not going to get married, but it's not my priority.

Ensuring Americans have access to adequate medical care should be a priority for all of us.

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal become a mini goal in itself.

Citizens, the priority now is to recover trust between the Egyptian - amongst the Egyptians and to have trust and confidence in our economy and international reputation and the fact that the change that we have embarked on will carry on and there's no going back to the old days.

How do you tell troops who volunteered to fight for our freedoms that the country they fought for won't take care of them when they come back? In the time of war our troops and their families are supposed to be our number one priority.

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