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1. (adj.) prior
preceding in time or order; earlier:
a prior commitment.
2. prior
preceding in importance or privilege.
3. (n.) prior
an officer in a monastic order or religious house, sometimes next in rank below an abbot.
4. (n.) Prior
Matthew, 1664–1721 English poet.
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| Definition of 'prior' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) prior
the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
2. (adj) anterior, prior(a)
earlier in time
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1. (adjective) prior
done or existing earlier
a prior arrangement/agreement/engagement
2. prior
prior to
before
I knew him prior to meeting my husband.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) prior
preceding in the order of time; former; antecedent; anterior; previous; as, a prior discovery; prior obligation; -- used elliptically in cases like the following: he lived alone [in the time] prior to his marriage
2. (adj) prior
the superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity
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Sense: already arranged for the same time
a prior engagement.
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 Afrikaans: vooraf gereëlde |
 Arabic: سابِق |
 Bulgarian: по-раншен |
 Brazilian: prévio |
 Czech: předešlý |
 German: früher |
 Danish: forudgående; tidligere |
 Greek: προηγούμενος |
 Spanish: previo, anterior |
 Estonian: eelnev |
 Farsi: قبلی؛ از پیش |
 Finnish: aiempi |
 French: antérieur |
 Hebrew: קוֹדֶם |
 Hindi: पूर्ववर्ती |
 Hungarian: előbbi |
 Indonesian: sudah diatur |
 Icelandic: sem kemurá undan |
 Italian: precedente |
 Japanese: 前の |
 Korean: 전의 |
 Lithuanian: ankstesnis, pirmesnis |
 Latvian: iepriekšējs; agrāks |
 Malay: sebelumnya |
 Dutch: eerder |
 Norwegian: tidligere |
 Polish: wcześniejszy |
 Persian: قبلی؛ از پیش |
 Pashto: مخكنى ،له وړاندى |
 Portuguese: prévio |
 Romanian: anterior; prealabil |
 Russian: прежний |
 Slovak: predošlý |
 Slovenian: prejšnji |
 Serbian: raniji |
 Swedish: föregående, tidigare |
 Thai: ที่มีมาก่อน |
 Turkish: dahaönceden |
 Taiwanese: 在先的 |
 Ukrainian: попередній |
 Urdu: پيشگي |
 Vietnamese: trước |
 Chinese: 在先的 |
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