prior
see also: Prior
Pronunciation
Prior
Proper noun
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see also: Prior
Pronunciation
- (GA) IPA: /ˈpɹaɪɚ/
prior (not comparable)
- Advance; previous; coming before.
- I had no prior knowledge you were coming.
- Former, previous.
- His prior residence was smaller than his current one.
- anterior
- See also Thesaurus:former
- French: préalable
- German: vorausgehend, früher, vorherig
- Italian: previo
- Portuguese: prévio
- Russian: пре́жний
- Spanish: previo
prior
- (colloquial) Previously.
- Synonyms: ago, hitherto
- The doctor had known three months prior.
prior (plural priors)
- A high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot.
- (historical) A chief magistrate in Italy.
- (US, law enforcement) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's record. [from 19th c.]
- 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 53:
- ‘And a little later we get the routine report on his prints from Washington, and he's got a prior back in Indiana, attempted hold-up six years ago.’
- 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 53:
- (statistics) In Bayesian inference, a prior probability distribution, one based on information or belief before additional data is collected. [from 20th c.]
- (second-in-command to an abbot) provost
- French: antécédents, casier (judiciaire)
- German: Vorstrafe
- Spanish: antecedentes
Prior
Proper noun
- Surname for someone employed by a prior.
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