priority

Roget category 116

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.6. Time
›› 1.6.2. Relative time

#116. Priority

noun

priority, antecedence, anteriority, precedence, pre-existence — precession etc. 280 — precursor etc. 64 — the past etc. 122 — premises.

verb

precede, come before — forerun — go before etc. (lead) 280 — preexist — dawn — presage etc. 511 — herald, usher in.
be beforehand etc. (be early) 132 — steal a march upon, anticipate, forestall — have the start, gain the start.

adjective

prior, previous — preceding, precedent — anterior, antecedent — pre-existing, pre-existent — former, foregoing — aforementioned, before-mentioned, abovementioned — aforesaid, said — introductory etc. (precursory) 64.

adverb

before, prior to — earlier — previously etc. adj. — afore^†, aforehand^†, beforehand, ere, theretofore, erewhile^† — ere then, ere now, before then, before now — erewhile^†, already, yet, beforehand — on the eve of.

phrase

prior tempore prior jure [Lat.].

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