prior
Appearance
Pronunciation
[change]Preposition
[change]Preposition |
- If something happens prior to something else, it happens before it.
- In this recipe, most of the work is actually done prior to cooking.
- Prior to 1917 most people had lived on private farms.
Adjective
[change]
Positive |
Comparative |
Superlative |
- (usually before a noun) occurring before
- We learned that police had prior knowledge of the attack.
- Few of these workers have any substantial prior experience in industry.