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priorities

/pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ɪ.tiz/ UK
/pɹaɪˈɒɹ.(ə.)tiz/ UK
/pɹaɪˈɔɹ.(ə.)tiz/ US
[pɹaɪˈɔɹ.(ə.)ɾiz] US
/pɹaɪˈɑɹ.(ə.)tiz/ dialectal
[pɹaɪˈɑɹ.(ə.)ɾiz] dialectal
/pɹɑeˈɔɹ.(ə.)tiz/ Australia
[pɹɑeˈɔɹ.(ə.)ɾiz] Australia
/pɹaɪˈɒɹ.(ə.)tiz/ New Zealand
[pɹɑe̯ˈɔ̟ɹ.(ə.)ɾiz] New Zealand

noun

plural plural of priority

interjection priorities

informal An expression, chiefly unfriendly, remarking disagreement with someone else's order of priorities; that someone takes the wrong action compared to something else, or in the wrong order. Get your priorities straight. The house was on fire, but Alex still insisted to complete that game before evacuating. Priorities.

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Closest in meaning: agenda, agendas, aims, areas, axes, concerns, directions, emphases, focus, goals, imperatives, key, levers, objectives, ones, points

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@misc{priorities_2026,
  title = {priorities},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/priorities},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}