Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: prior
IPA transcription: [pɹ'aɪɚ]
Pronunciations of prior
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: anterior, prior(a)
    Meaning: earlier in time
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: prior
    Meaning: the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
Usage examples
  • This occurred prior to 1830.
  • Prior to this, I had become, if not insensible to my lot, at least partly so.
  • But let me ask a prior question: You admit that there are differences of arts?
  • For ten years prior to my father's death he took no active part in the business.
  • With these words, having signed to his companions to unchain the prisoner, the prior tenderly embraced him.
  • They purposed remaining in London only three days, prior to departing for some weeks to a distant part of the coast.
  • It was prior to her coming into the possession of Moore that Aunt Hannah had been made to drink the bitter waters of oppression.
  • Not so--the flowing quality of speech is much more, for it is a composite effect, with each of its prior conditions deserving of careful notice.
  • But we spent two evenings, with only four of us present, prior to the disastrous events which changed everything, and of which I am soon to tell you.
  • Judgment is employed in the perception; otherwise the perception is mere sensory excitation or else a recognition of the result of a prior judgment, as in the case of familiar objects.
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7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Royal Maundy, License CC BY-SA 4.0
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