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prior to

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American soundprior to
priorto
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prior - to -> prior to

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prior1 /'praÇǝ(r)/ adj

ကြိုတင်။ အလျင်ကျသော။ ဦးစားပေး သင့်သော။ I'll have to refuse your invitation because of a prior engagement. ❍ They have a prior claim to the property (ie one based on an earlier legal agreement).
❏ prior to prep (fml ) မတိုင်မီက။ We received no notification prior to the event.

prior2 /'praÇǝ(r)/ n (fem prioress /'praÇǝrǝs; Brit also praÇǝ'res/)

(က) ခရစ်ယာန်ဘုန်းကြီး (သို့) မယ်သီလကျောင်း တွင် အကြီးအကဲဖြစ်သူ။
(ခ) ABBEY ကျောင်းတိုက်တွင် ABBOT (သို့) ABBESS အောက်ရာထူးရှိသူ။ တိုက်အုပ်ဆရာ။
❏ priory /'praÇǝri/ n (ခရစ်ယာန်) ဘုန်းတော်ကြီးကျောင်း (သို့) သီလရှင်ကျောင်း။

More examples
  • [prior notice/warning/consultation etc] : Illegally parked cars may be removed at any time without prior notice.
  • [a prior arrangement/engagement] : I’m afraid I won’t be able to come. I’ve got a prior engagement.
  • [prior knowledge/experience] : Students with no prior knowledge of the target language
Synonyms
previous, preceding, past, former, earlier, aforementioned, abbot, abbot-general, above-mentioned, ahead, antecedent, antecessor, anterior, archabbot, before, bishop, ere, erstwhile, foregoer, foregoing, forward, friar, holy man, monk, precedent, predecessor, preexistent, preexisting, prelate
Antonyms
after, after while, at a later date, by and by, current, following, future, in the aftermath, in the end, infra, later, present, subsequent, subsequently
Cross references
previousprecedingpastformerearlieraforementionedabbotabbot-generalabove-mentionedaheadantecedentantecessoranteriorarchabbotbeforebishopereerstwhileforegoerforegoingforwardfriarholy manmonkprecedentpredecessorpreexistentpreexisting
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