prior
Meaning of prior
- A high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot.
- A chief magistrate in Italy.
- (law enforcement) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's record.
- In Bayesian inference, a prior probability distribution, one based on information or belief before additional data is collected.
- Advance; previous; coming before.
I had no prior knowledge you were coming.
- Former, previous.
His prior residence was smaller than his current one.
- Previously.
The doctor had known three months prior.
Information about prior
- The plural form of prior is: priors.
- Languages in which prior is used:
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GalicianHyphenation of prior
prior
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- prior is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
prior synonyms
Meaning anterior:
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prior antonyms
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Translation of prior
- Spanish: precedente, previo, previa, preliminar, preparatorio
- Italian: precedente, preparatorio, preliminare, esploratorio
- Portuguese: prévio
- French: préalable
- German: vorläufig, einleitend, vorbereitend
Words that rhyme with prior
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