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How to pronounce prior in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms anterior
Derivation priority
Type Words
Type of superior
Derivation priorship

Examples of prior

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Qualified individuals should have prior security or customer service experience.
From the dailyherald.com
He had earlier convictions and was sentenced as a prior and persistent offender.
From the stltoday.com
The number of people hired dropped from the prior month and separations climbed.
From the bloomberg.com
Now there is no doubt Rondo played horribly in the 10 games prior to last night.
From the bostonherald.com
That followed a gain of 14 cents the prior week and 20 cents a week before that.
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Head coaches with no prior coaching experience are relatively common in the NBA.
From the online.wsj.com
Prior research from the group focused on delivering stem cells intrabronchially.
From the sciencedaily.com
A silent auction will begin prior to the concert and run throughout the evening.
From the timesunion.com
Prior to each performance, the MTGlee choir will perform in the Playhouse lobby.
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More examples
  • Anterior: earlier in time
  • The head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
  • Prior is an ecclesiastical title, derived from the Latin adjective for 'earlier, first', with several notable uses.
  • Prior is a brand name used by Nortura on its eggs and white meat (mainly chicken, hen and turkey). The brand dates back to 1977 when Norsk Eggcentral rebranded Sol-egg to Prior. The brand was owned by Prior Norge until 2006 when it merged with Gilde Norsk Kju00F8tt to form Nortura.
  • The Ori are fictional characters in the science fiction television series, Stargate SG-1. They are a group of "ascended" beings who use their advanced technology and knowledge of the universe to attempt to trick non-ascended humans into worshipping them as gods.
  • (Priors) In Bayesian statistical inference, a prior probability distribution, often called simply the prior, of an uncertain quantity p (for example, suppose p is the proportion of voters who will vote for the politician named Smith in a future election) is the probability distribution that ...
  • A high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot; A previous criminal offense on someone's record; In Bayesian inference, a prior probability distribution; Of that which comes before, in advance; former, previous; Previously
  • (PRIORS) MIDs from Fleet Service
  • (Priors) Mids who came to the Academy out of the fleet.