Prior
Meaning of Prior
- existing or coming before in time, order, or importance.
he has a prior engagement this evening
- a previous criminal conviction.
he had no juvenile record, no priors
early 18th century: from Latin, literally ‘former, elder’, related to prae ‘before’.
noun
a man who is head of a house or group of houses of certain religious orders.
late Old English, from a medieval Latin noun use of Latin prior ‘elder, former’ (see prior1).
Information about Prior
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Prior
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- Prior is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Prior synonyms
Meaning anterior:
Meaning belonging or happening near the beginning of a particular period:
Meaning existing or occurring before in time or order:
Meaning coming before something in order, position, or time:
Meaning just mentioned or stated; preceding:
Meaning preceding in time or order; previous or pre-existing:
Meaning done, sent, or supplied beforehand:
Meaning serving as or carrying out preparation for a task or undertaking:
Meaning preceding or done in preparation for something fuller or more important:
Meaning existing or occurring at the beginning:
Meaning preceding in time, order, or importance:
Prior antonyms
Meaning comparative of late (adjective):
Meaning coming after something in time; following:
Words that rhyme with Prior
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