priority
/prʌɪˈɒrɪti/
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
prʌɪ - ˈɒrɪti -> priority
(n) ဦးစားပေး
priority /praÇ'ɒrǝti; US -ↄ:r-/ n
၁။ (က) [C] ဦးစားပေး (ကိစ္စ)။ You must decide what your priorities are. ❍ You've got your priorities all wrong/back to front. ❍ Housework is low on her list of priorities. ❍ Improved housing is a (top) priority. (ခ) [U] ~ (over sth) ဦးစားပေးသတ်မှတ်ချက်။ The government gave (top) priority to reforming the legal system. ❍ The search for a new vaccine took priority over all other medical research. ❍ Priority case, such as homeless families, get dealt with first.
၂။ [U]~ (over sb/sth) (က) (အခွင့်အရေး) ဦးစားပေး။ I have/take priority over you because I've worked here longer. (ခ) ဦးစားပေး။ Vehicles coming from the right have priority.
❏ prioritize, -ise /praÇ'prǝtaÇz/ v ဦးစားပေးသတ်မှတ်သည်။ Prioritizing your work can help reduce stress.
- We should be able to agree on priorities.
- Being fashionable was low on her list of priorities.
- [top/high/main/immediate priority] : Health insurance will be our top priority.
- [set/establish/identify priorities] : Discussion groups that set priorities for research
- Let’s list them in order of priority.
- [give something top/high priority] : Safety must be given the highest priority.
- [give priority to something] : Priority will be given to children of families with low incomes.
- [take priority] : Their marriage took priority over everything else.
- [put/place a high priority on] : The government is putting a high priority on constitutional reform.
- [take/have priority] : Buses take priority over other vehicles on the road.
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