PRIORITIES Synonyms

• (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed

• (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy

• a degree in a continuum of size or quantity

• established customary state (especially of society)

• logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements

• a condition of regular or proper arrangement

• a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

• a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities

• a formal association of people with similar interests

• a body of rules followed by an assembly

• a group of person living under a religious rule

• (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families

• a request for something to be made, supplied, or served

• (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans

• the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement

• give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

• make a request for something

• issue commands or orders for

• bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations

• bring order to or into

• place in a certain order

• appoint to a clerical posts

• arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

• assign a rank or rating to

• a strong liking

• a predisposition in favor of something

• the right or chance to choose

• grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties)

• position on a scale in relation to others in status or rank or achievement

• having a higher rank

• status established in order of importance or urgency

• preceding in time

• the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)

• status established in order of importance or urgency

• preceding in time

• the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)

• preceding in time

• preceding in time

• the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head

• preceding in time

• the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect

• formality in bearing and appearance

• high office or rank or station

• high status importance owing to marked superiority

• a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament

• higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service

• the property of being long-lived

• the quality of being superior

• the quality of being at a competitive advantage

• displaying a sense of being better than others

• the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits