Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

prior

 
(prī'ər) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Preceding in time or order: "[They] insist that foreign vessels seeking access obtain prior approval" (Seymour M. Hersh).
  2. Preceding in importance or value: a prior consideration.

[Latin. See prior2.]

priorly pri'or·ly adv.

pri·or2 (prī'ər) pronunciation
n.
  1. A monastic officer in charge of a priory or ranking next below the abbot of an abbey.
  2. One of the ruling magistrates of the medieval Italian republic of Florence.

[Middle English priour, from Old English and Old French prior, both from Medieval Latin, from Latin, superior.]

priorate pri'or·ate (-ĭt) or pri'or·ship' (-shĭp') n.

Search unanswered questions...
Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics

adj

Definition: earlier
Antonyms: after, later, subsequent

Word Tutor:

prior

Top
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Coming before or earlier. Also: The head of a monastery.

pronunciation I had prior experience playing soccer before I joined my current team.

LearnThatWord.com is a free vocabulary and spelling program where you only pay for results!

noun
noun, US

A prior conviction; usu. in pl. Cf. previous noun. (1886 —) .
J. Wambaugh Burglary...rarely drew a state prison term, unless you had a lot of priors (1978).



Previous:primo, pricker, prick-teaser
Next:private business, privates, pro
Random House Word Menu:

categories related to 'prior'

Top
Random House Word Menu by Stephen Glazier
For a list of words related to prior, see:

  See crossword solutions for the clue Prior.
Translations:

Prior

Top

Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - tidligere, som går forud
n. - en tidligere dom for en kriminel handling

2.
n. - prior

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorafgaand, vorig, hoofd van mannenklooster, oudste

Français (French)
1.
adj. - préalable, prioritaire
n. - (Jur) accusation antérieure

2.
n. - (Relig) prieur

Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - früher, vordringlich
n. - vordringliche Kriminalverurteilung

2.
n. - Prior

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (θρησκ.) ηγούμενος (μονής), (πληθ.) (ΗΠΑ, καθομ.) προηγούμενες συλλήψεις ή καταδίκες
adj. - πρότερος, προηγούμενος, προγενέστερος

Italiano (Italian)
priore, anteriore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - prior (m) (Ecles.)
adj. - prévio

Русский (Russian)
первичный, предварительный, настоятель

Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - previo, anterior
n. - encarcelamiento previo

2.
n. - prior

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - prior
adj. - tidigare, föregående, förhands-, äldre

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 在先的, 在前的, 优先的, 更重要的, 居先的

2. 小修道院院长, 大修道院副院长

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 小修道院院長, 大修道院副院長

2.
adj. - 在先的, 在前的, 優先的, 更重要的, 居先的

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adj. - 앞(서)의, 전의
n. - 원죄

2.
n. - 수도원 부원장

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 前の, 先の, より重要な, 優先する
n. - 小修道院長, 大修道院次長

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رئيس دير للرهبان, سابق, قبل (صفه) أولي, مسبق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קודם בזמן, בסדר או בחשיבות, קודם, לפני‬
n. - ‮הרשעה קודמת‬
n. - ‮ראש מנזר, ראש מסדר דתי‬


 
 
Related topics:
previous to
Pryor (family name)
antecedent

Related answers:
Who is brooks prior? Read answer...
In the prior month? Read answer...
Meaning of prior? Read answer...

Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:

 

Copyrights:

American Heritage Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Roget's Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 byHoughton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Answers Corporation Antonyms by Answers.com. © 1999-present by Answers Corporation. All rights reserved.  Read more
Word Tutor. Copyright © 2004-present by eSpindle Learning, a 501(c) nonprofit organization. All rights reserved.
eSpindle provides personalized spelling and vocabulary tutoring online; sign up free Read more
 Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang. Oxford University Press. © 1997, 2008, 2010 All rights reserved.  Read more
Random House Word Menu. © 2010 Write Brothers Inc. Word Menu is a registered trademark of the Estate of Stephen Glazier. Write Brothers Inc. All rights reserved.  Read more
 Rhymes. Oxford University Press. © 2006, 2007 All rights reserved.  Read more
Bradford's Crossword Solver's Dictionary. Collins Bradford's Crossword Solver's Dictionary © Anne Bradford, 1986, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2008 HarperCollins Publishers All rights reserved.  Read more
Translations. Copyright © 2007, WizCom Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved.  Read more

Follow us
Facebook Twitter
YouTube