prior

adjective · adverb · nounA2

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Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable)Coming before in order or time; earlier, former, previous.
His prior residence was smaller than his current one.
I had no prior knowledge you were coming.
Đồng nghĩa: advance, antecedent, anterior, antecedent, anterior, earlier, erstwhile, ex, foregone, former, hitherto, old, olden, past, preceding, precedent, previous, prior, quondam, sometime, used-to-be, whilom
2.
(not comparable)More important or significant.
3.
(not comparable)(Bayesian statistics) Chiefly in prior probability: of the probability of an event: determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.

Trạng từ

adverb

Comparative

more prior

Superlative

most prior

1.
Chiefly followed by to: in advance, before, previously.
The doctor had known three months prior.
Đồng nghĩa: ago, hitherto

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

priorspriour

1.
(Bayesian statistics) A prior probability distribution, that is, one determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.
2.
(Canada, US, in plural)(Canada, US, law enforcement, chiefly in the plural) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's criminal record.
Đồng nghĩa: antecedent
3.
(Christianity) A high-ranking member of a religious house or religious order.
4.
(historical)A chief magistrate of the Republic of Florence (1115–1569) in what is now Italy.
5.
(historical)The elected head of a guild of craftsmen or merchants in some countries in Europe and South America.
6.
(obsolete)A person who is the earliest or most prominent in a field; the chief.
7.
(obsolete)The head of a company.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

advance antecedentanteriorearlier erstwhileexforegone formerhithertoold olden past precedingprecedentprevious quondam sometimeused-to-bewhilom ago

Trái nghĩa

posteriorposterior#Noun

Cùng gốc / liên quan

hyperpriorpriorableprior artpriorateprior authorizationprior knowledgepriorlyprior probabilityprior restraintprior torecognition of prior learninga prioripriority

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro The adjective is a Latin prior, from Proto-Italic *priōs (earlier, previous), ultimately from *pri (before) (from Proto-Indo-European *pró (leading to, toward) and its etymon *per- (before, in front; first)) + *-jōs. before fore former.