- PRIOR Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
previous and prior imply existing or occurring earlier, but prior often adds an implication of greater importance
- PRIOR | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
PRIOR definition: 1 existing or happening before something else, or before a particular time: 2 before a… Learn more
- Prior - definition of prior by The Free Dictionary
Define prior prior synonyms, prior pronunciation, prior translation, English dictionary definition of prior adj 1 Preceding in time or order: " insist that foreign vessels seeking access obtain prior approval"
- PRIOR Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Prior definition: preceding in time or in order; earlier or former; previous See examples of PRIOR used in a sentence
- PRIOR definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
A prior claim or duty is more important than other claims or duties and needs to be dealt with first The firm I wanted to use had prior commitments
- prior, adj. , adv. , n. ² meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English . . .
OED's earliest evidence for prior is from 1607, in the writing of Barnabe Barnes, poet and playwright It is also recorded as a noun from the Old English period (pre-1150)
- prior - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
This adjective has no positive form; rather, it serves as the comparative (prior) and superlative (prīmus) of the preposition prae (Compare the preposition post, with comparative posterior and superlative postremus)
- prior - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
pri•or1 (prī′ ər), adj preceding in time or in order; earlier or former; previous: A prior agreement prevents me from accepting this preceding in importance or privilege Idioms prior to, preceding; before: Prior to that time, buffalo had roamed the Great Plains in tremendous numbers n Informal Terms a prior conviction
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