Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - prior
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Prior
prior
biographical name Matthew 1664-1721 English poet PRIOR I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English & Anglo-French; both from Medieval Latin, from Late Latin, administrator, from Latin, former, superior Date: before 12th century 1. the superior ranking next to the abbot of a monastery 2. the superior of a house or group of houses of any of various religious communities • ~ate noun • ~ship noun II. adjective Etymology: Latin, former, superior; akin to Latin priscus ancient, prae before — more at for Date: 1709 1. earlier in time or order ; previous by ~ agreement 2. taking precedence (as in importance) Synonyms: see preceding • ~ly adverb
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adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 earlier. 2 (often foll. by to) coming before in time, order, or importance. --adv. (foll. by to) before (decided prior to their arrival). --n. 1 the superior officer of a religious house or order. 2 (in an abbey) the officer next under the abbot. Derivatives priorate n. prioress n. priorship n. Etymology: L, = former, elder, compar. of OL pri = L prae before ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) априорный 2) заблаговременный 3) предварительный 4) предшествующий 5) прежний - prior density - prior doubt - prior estimate - prior evidence - prior guess - prior ignorance - prior independence - prior information - prior interval - prior measure - prior notice - prior probability - prior restriction - prior statistic - prior to - prior uncertainty ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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прил. 1) прежний 2) предшествующий, предварительный 3) преимущественный • - prior approval - prior art - prior claim - prior period - prior preference stock - prior to Syn: former, earlier PRIOR прежний; предшествующий; предварительный – prior in tempore potior in jure ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. приор, настоятель (в католических монастырях) 2. редк. глава фирмы 3. ист. глава купеческой или ремесленной гильдии 4. прежний; предшествующий prior obligation —- прежнее обязательство 5. более важный; первоочередной prior claim —- преимущественное требование, преимущественная претензия 6. предварительный; априорный prior restraint —- ам. юр. предварительный запрет (судебное постановление о запрещении публикации какого-л. материала) without prior warning —- без предупреждения ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I adj. 1) прежний; предшествующий 2) более важный, веский; a prior claim - более веская претензия 3) prior to (употр. как предлог) - раньше, прежде, до; prior to my arrival - до моего приезда II noun настоятель, приор ...Англо-русский словарь
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Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. You use prior to indicate that something has already happened, or must happen, before another event takes place. He claimed he had no prior knowledge of the protest... The Constitution requires the president to seek the prior approval of Congress for military action... ADJ: ADJ n 2. A prior claim or duty is more important than other claims or duties and needs to be dealt with first. The firm I wanted to use had prior commitments. ADJ: ADJ n 3. A prior is a monk who is in charge of a priory or a monk who is the second most important person in a monastery. N-COUNT; N-TITLE 4. If something happens prior to a particular time or event, it happens before that time or event. (FORMAL) Prior to his Japan trip, he went to New York... PREP-PHRASE ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 adj 1 prior to formal before (All the arrangements should be completed prior to your departure. | Guests can relax in the lounge prior to entering the theatre.) 2 prior warning/notice/discussion etc a warning etc happening before something else happens (The bomb exploded without any prior warning.) 3 prior agreement/arrangement etc an arrangement made before the present situation (Under a prior agreement the company will sell the land in ten years time. | a prior engagement formal (=something you have planned to do)) (I won't be at the meeting as I have a prior engagement.) ~2 n 1 the man in charge of a priory 2 the priest next in rank to the person in charge of an abbey ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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