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prior

  • adjective
  • pri·or
  • /ˈpɹaɪ.ə/

Coming before in order or time; earlier, former, previous.

Example

“His prior residence was smaller than his current one.”

Other meanings

  1. More important or significant.

  2. 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.

Synonyms

  • anterior

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “prior” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.