Priority and Urgency

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Priority noun - The right to one's attention before other things considered less important.

Usage example: the committee has decided to give your request priority, so you'll have a meeting early tomorrow morning

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Urgency and priority are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Urgency" instead a noun "Priority".

Urgency noun - The state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity.

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Priority and urgency are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Priority" instead a noun "Urgency".

Nearby Words: urgent, urgently

appropriate	appropriate priority	appropriate urgency
real	real priority	real urgency
new	new priority	new urgency
immediate	immediate priority	immediate urgency
Other adjectives: less, greater, utmost.

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