The meaning of PRIORITY is the quality or state of being prior. How to use priority in a sentence.

Repairing the plumbing is a priority task (= more important than other jobs). Banks normally give priority to large businesses when deciding on loans (= they deal with them first because they …

PRIORITY definition: the state or quality of being earlier in time, occurrence, etc. See examples of priority used in a sentence.

Definition of priority noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Priority comes from the word prior, which means to come before something else. A priority is the concern, interest or desire that comes before all others.

His main priority is to keep the spotlight on the places where support is needed.

PRIORITY meaning: 1 : something that is more important than other things and that needs to be done or dealt with first; 2 : the things that someone cares about and thinks are important