Priority

Definition

priority /praÇ'ɒrǝti; US -ↄ:r-/ n ၁။ (က) [C] ဦးစားေပး (ကိစၥ)။ 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) ဦးစားေပးသတ္မွတ္ခ်က္။ 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) (အခြင့္အေရး) ဦးစားေပး။ I have/take priority over you because I've worked here longer. (ခ) ဦးစားေပး။ Vehicles coming from the right have priority. ❏ prioritize, -ise /praÇ'prǝtaÇz/ v ဦးစားေပးသတ္မွတ္သည္။ Prioritizing your work can help reduce stress.

Examples

1. We should be able to agree on priorities.
2. Being fashionable was low on her list of priorities.
3. [top/high/main/immediate priority] : Health insurance will be our top priority.
4. [set/establish/identify priorities] : Discussion groups that set priorities for research
5. Let’s list them in order of priority.
6. [give something top/high priority] : Safety must be given the highest priority.
7. [give priority to something] : Priority will be given to children of families with low incomes.
8. [take priority] : Their marriage took priority over everything else.
9. [put/place a high priority on] : The government is putting a high priority on constitutional reform.
10. [take/have priority] : Buses take priority over other vehicles on the road.