Definition of "priority" []

• Precedence, especially established by order of importance or urgency. (noun)
• An established right to precedence. (noun)
• An authoritative rating that establishes such precedence. (noun)
• A preceding or coming earlier in time. (noun)
• Something afforded or deserving prior attention. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "* Set the email priority function set_mail_priority ($priority = MAIL_NORMAL_PRIORITY) $this - > mail_priority = $priority;"
• "The term priority was beginning to lose its meaning, and I'd encountered this many times before."
• "Their main priority is to make everything that becomes successful a franchise."