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優先 — meaning in English

yuusen

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English meaning

  • anterior adj Located toward the front, especially of the body — nearer the head end rather than the back.
  • override verb To take priority over, or cancel out, an existing decision, rule, or system.
  • preference noun A liking for one thing over another.
  • prior adj Coming before in time or order; earlier.
  • prioritize verb To treat something as more important than other things, or to arrange tasks in order of importance.
  • priority noun Something regarded as more important than other things, and dealt with first.

Senses

優先 is used for these senses in English:

  • anterior (formal) Coming before or earlier in time or development, prior to, preceding.
  • override A royalty.
  • preference The state of being preferred over others.
  • prior Coming before in order or time; earlier, former, previous.
  • prioritize (transitive) To rank something as having high priority.
  • priority An item's relative importance.

anterior — full definition

  1. adj Located toward the front, especially of the body — nearer the head end rather than the back.
  2. adj Coming before something else in time or sequence.

override — full definition

  1. verb To take priority over, or cancel out, an existing decision, rule, or system.
  2. verb In programming, to replace an inherited method with a new version of the same name.
  3. noun A mechanism or command used to take manual control over something automatic.

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