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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | first concern |
| Synonyms: | antecedence, arrangement, crash project, greatest importance, lead, order, precedence, preeminence, preference, prerogative, previousness, rank, right of way, seniority, superiority, supremacy, transcendence |
| Antonyms: | unimportance |
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| Main Entry: | emphasis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance, prominence |
| Synonyms: | accent, accentuation, attention, decidedness, force, headline, highlight, impressiveness, insistence, intensity, moment, positiveness, power, preeminence, priority, significance, strength, stress, underlining, underscoring, weight |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | importance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | significance, weight |
| Synonyms: | accent, attention, bearing, caliber, concern, concernment, consequence, denotation, distinction, drift*, effect, emphasis, force, gist*, gravity, import, influence, interest, materiality, moment, momentousness, notability, paramountcy, point, precedence, preponderance, preponderancy, priority, purport, relevance, sense, seriousness, signification, standing, stress, substance, tenor, usefulness, value, weightiness |
| Antonyms: | insignificance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | first place, supremacy |
| Synonyms: | advance, advantage, ahead, bulge, cutting edge*, direction, edge, example, facade, front rank, guidance, head, heavy, leadership, margin, model, over, pilot, point, precedence, primacy, principal, priority, protagonist, spark, star, start, title role, top, top spot, vanguard |
| Antonyms: | last |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | precedence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | highest in rank; first in order |
| Synonyms: | antecedence, anteposition, earliness, lead, precedency, precession, preeminence, preexistence, preference, prevenience, previousness, primary, priority, rank, seniority, superiority, supremacy |
| Antonyms: | inferiority, last, lowest |
| Main Entry: | preference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | favorable treatment |
| Synonyms: | advancement, advantage, elevation, favoritism, first place, precedence, preferment, prelation, pride of place, priority, promotion, upgrading |
| Antonyms: | disfavor, equality, rejection |
| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | privilege |
| Synonyms: | advantage, appanage, authority, benefit, birthright, business, claim, comeuppance, desert, deserving, due, exemption, favor, franchise, freedom, immunity, interest, liberty, license, merit, permission, perquisite, power, preference, prerogative, priority, title |
| Notes: | right means free from error or correct in opinion or judgment; a wright is someone who makes, builds, or repairs something |
| Main Entry: | seniority |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rank in organization due to length of service |
| Synonyms: | advantage, antiquity, eldership, precedence, preference, priority, rank, ranking, standing, station, superiority |
| Main Entry: | antecedence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | precedence |
| Synonyms: | antecedency, anteriority, importance, precedency, priority |
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