priority

Meaning

Noun

• An item's relative importance.
• A goal of a person or an organisation.
• The quality of being earlier or coming first compared to another thing; the state of being prior.
• A superior claim to use by virtue of being validly published at an earlier date.
• Precedence; superior rank.
• right of way; The right to pass (an intersection) before other road users

Related

Similar words

• dignity, eminence, seniority, superiority

Origin

• From Old French priorite, from Latin prioritas.
• Morphologically prior + -ity