{
    "term": "priority",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "something that you think is more important than other things and should be dealt with first",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **high/low priority**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Education is a **top priority**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our **first priority** is to improve standards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "National security is our main priority."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Public sector reform is a key priority."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Financial security was high on his **list of priorities**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You need to **get your priorities right** *(= decide what is important to you)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You need to **get your priorities straight**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The department must start **setting priorities**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Material possessions have always been a low priority for Mike."
                },
                {
                    "text": "To reduce stress you may have to rethink your priorities in life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Using the internet is one of the company's top strategic priorities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We assign a high priority to research and development."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to place a higher priority on family and social issues."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You need to sort out your priorities before making a decision about the future."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The development of a nuclear arsenal became a priority for Stalin."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each candidate repeatedly promised to make education a national priority."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high", "main", "major"],
                "verb + priority": ["choose", "decide on", "determine"],
                "preposition": ["priority over"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a list of priorities",
                    "order of priority",
                    "place a high priority on something"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the most important place among various things that have to be done or among a group of people",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Club members will be **given priority**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The search for a new vaccine will **take priority over** all other medical research."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A clean ocean must **have priority over** the profits of polluting industries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Priority cases, such as homeless families, get dealt with first."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bank seems to give priority to new customers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government is giving priority to school leavers in its job creation programme."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her family takes priority over her work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When hospital funds are being allocated children take priority."
                },
                {
                    "text": "List the tasks in order of priority."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high", "main", "major"],
                "verb + priority": ["choose", "decide on", "determine"],
                "preposition": ["priority over"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a list of priorities",
                    "order of priority",
                    "place a high priority on something"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the right of a vehicle to go before other traffic at a particular place on a road",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Buses have priority at this junction."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "right of way",
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/praɪˈɒrəti/",
                "audio": "pr/priority/priority__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/praɪˈɔːrəti/",
                "audio": "pr/priority/priority__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "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’."
}