What is a synonym for "priority"?

Common synonyms include: precedence, antecedence, anteriority, anteriority, preeminence, accent.

How do you pronounce "priority"?

Pronounced //pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti//.

//pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Noun

1
An item's relative importance. countable, uncountable
"He set his e-mail message's priority to high."
2
preceding in time wordnet
3
A goal of a person or an organisation. countable, uncountable
"She needs to get her priorities straight and stop playing games."
4
status established in order of importance or urgency wordnet
5
The quality of being earlier or coming first compared to another thing; the state of being prior. countable, uncountable
"In bankruptcy law, a business' debt to its employees has priority over its debt to a landlord, so the employees must be paid first."

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6
A superior claim to use by virtue of being validly published at an earlier date. countable, uncountable
"Neither [Jones][…] nor I (in 1966) could conceive of reducing our "science" to the ultimate absurdity of reading Finnish newspapers almost a century and a half old in order to establish "priority.""
7
Precedence; superior rank. countable, uncountable
"Follow Cominius. We must follow you. / Right worthy you priority."
8
Right of way; The right to pass (an intersection) before other road users. countable, uncountable