1. Adjective
The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application.
2. Adjective
Precedence; superior rank.
3. 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"
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