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priorities

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "priorities" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

4 syllables
10 characters
English (US)
4syllables

priorities

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priorities is a polysyllabic word with 4 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, priorities is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofpriorities

1noun
  • An item's relative importance.

    Example: "He set his e-mail message's priority to high."

  • A goal of a person or an organisation.

    Example: "She needs to get her priorities straight and stop playing games."

  • The quality of being earlier or coming first compared to another thing; the state of being prior.

    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."

  • (of a name) A superior claim to use by virtue of being validly published at an earlier date.
  • Precedence; superior rank.

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