- precedence, precedency, priority - status established in order of importance or urgency; "...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals"; "national independence takes priority over class struggle"
--1 is a kind of high status
--1 has particulars: back burner; front burnerDerived form: verb prioritize1 - priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency - preceding in time
--2 is a kind of earliness
Antonyms: posteriority, subsequentness, subsequence
Derived form: verb prioritize1