Dictionary Entry
priority
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/pɹaɪˈɒɹɨti/Word FrequencyCommon (5.39)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)An item's relative importance.
In a Sentence
“He set his e-mail message's priority to high.”
Published Usage Examples
“* Set the email priority function set_mail_priority ($priority = MAIL_NORMAL_PRIORITY) $this - > mail_priority = $priority;”
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Origin
Latin 'prior' meaning 'former'.
Common Phrases
. priorityover prioritypriority highpriority toppriority firstpriority highestpriority higherpriority given
Related Words
Poetry examples for “priority”
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