Priority Education Top National Security Important Place Noun

• a high/low priority
• education is a top priority.
• our first priority is to improve standards.
• national security is our main priority.

priority

1. something that you think is more important than other things and should be dealt with first
• a high/low priority
• Education is a top priority.
• Our first priority is to improve standards.
• National security is our main priority.
• Public sector reform is a key priority.
• Financial security was high on his list of priorities.
• You need to get your priorities right (= decide what is important to you).
• You need to get your priorities straight.
• The department must start setting priorities.

Extra Examples

• Material possessions have always been a low priority for Mike.
• To reduce stress you may have to rethink your priorities in life.
• Using the internet is one of the company's top strategic priorities.
• We assign a high priority to research and development.
• We need to place a higher priority on family and social issues.
• You need to sort out your priorities before making a decision about the future.
• The development of a nuclear arsenal became a priority for Stalin.
• Each candidate repeatedly promised to make education a national priority.
2. the most important place among various things that have to be done or among a group of people
• SYNONYM precedence
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/precedence
• Club members will be given priority.
• The search for a new vaccine will take priority over all other medical research.
• A clean ocean must have priority over the profits of polluting industries.
• Priority cases, such as homeless families, get dealt with first.

Extra Examples

• The bank seems to give priority to new customers.
• The government is giving priority to school leavers in its job-creation programme.
• Her family takes priority over her work.
• When hospital funds are being allocated children take priority.
• List the tasks in order of priority.
3. the right of a vehicle to go before other traffic at a particular place on a road
• SYNONYM right of way
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/right-of-way
• Buses have priority at this junction.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (denoting precedence in time or rank): from Old French priorite, from medieval Latin prioritas, from Latin prior ‘former’, related to prae ‘before’.