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prioritate

priority /pri.oriˈtate/

noun#3651 most common

Also: precedence, right of way

Example sentences

Familia este o prioritate pentru mine.
Family is a priority for me.
Care este prioritatea ta astăzi?
What is your priority today?
Trebuie să stabilim prioritățile pentru proiect.
We need to set the priorities for the project.
Mașinile de pe artera principală au prioritate.
Cars on the main road have the right of way.
Guvernul a declarat sănătatea publică drept prioritate națională.
The government declared public health a national priority.
Deciziile de finanțare ar trebui să reflecte prioritățile strategice ale companiei, nu presiunile de moment.
Funding decisions should reflect the company's strategic priorities, not momentary pressures.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeprioritatepriorități
Genitiveprioritățipriorități
Accusativeprioritatepriorități
Vocativeprioritatepriorități

Word family

prioritarhaving priority, of top importance
a prioritizato prioritize
prioritizareprioritization
cu prioritateas a matter of priority, urgently

Etymology

Prioritate entered Romanian in the 19th century from French priorité, part of a wave of Latin-based vocabulary that modernized Romanian during that period. French priorité itself derives from Medieval Latin prioritas, built on prior, meaning earlier or former. The Latin comparative prior compared something to what came before it, and the abstract suffix -itas turned that comparison into a noun naming the quality itself.

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