English pronunciation · Words Starting with P
Priority Pronunciation
Priority is pronounced pry-AW-ruh-tee, IPA /praɪˈɔrəti/.
pry-AW-ruh-tee
US /praɪˈɔrəti/ · UK /praɪˈɒrɪti/
Syllables: pry · AW · ruh · tee (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: Something treated as more important than everything else, or the right to go first.
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Priority in a Sentence
- Getting the roof fixed is the priority this month.
- Traffic coming from the right has priority here.
- We had to decide which repairs took priority.
Common Mispronunciations of Priority
Not pree-AW-ruh-tee
The opening syllable rhymes with try, not with free. Prior and priority share that long i.
Not PRY-uh-ri-tee
The beat belongs on AW, one step in from the front. Leaving it at the start flattens everything after it.
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