[{"word":"priority","phonetic":"/pɹaɪˈɒɹɨti/","phonetics":[{"text":"/pɹaɪˈɒɹɨti/","audio":""},{"text":"/pɹaɪˈɔɹɪ̈ti/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"An item's relative importance.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He set his e-mail message's priority to high."},{"definition":"A goal of a person or an organisation.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"She needs to get her priorities straight and stop playing games."},{"definition":"The quality of being earlier or coming first compared to another thing; the state of being prior.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"In bankruptcy law, a business' debt to its employees has priority over its debt to a landlord, so the employees must be paid first."},{"definition":"(of a name) A superior claim to use by virtue of being validly published at an earlier date.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Precedence; superior rank.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["dignity","eminence","seniority","superiority"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/priority"]}]