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/pɹaɪˈɒɹɨti/ · pri·o·ri·ty
noun
  1. An item's relative importance. He set his e-mail message's priority to high.
  2. A goal of a person or an organisation. She needs to get her priorities straight and stop playing games.
  3. The quality of being earlier or coming first compared to another thing; the state of being prior. In bankruptcy law, a business' debt to its employees has priority over its debt to a landlord, so the employees must be paid first.
Did you know? The concept of priority dates back to ancient Greece, where philosophers like Aristotle discussed the importance of prioritizing tasks for effective decision-making.
Written by Lexi Wordsworth, Dictionary Editor 0 lookups Added Jul 15, 2026