noun · academic
priority
UK/praɪˈɒrɪti/US/praɪˈɔːrəti/pri·OR·i·ty
Band 6-7task2speaking
something that is regarded as more important than other things and should be dealt with first
Examples
“Improving education is a national priority.”
“We should give priority to urgent cases.”
“Environmental protection became the government's top priority.”
Band 8 sentence
“Allocating budget to primary healthcare remains a priority if the government wants to improve long‑term population health.”
Collocations
- give priority to
- top priority
Word family
prioritise verbprioritisation noun
Common mistakes
priority (dùng như tính từ)→priority (noun) / prioritise (verb)
give priority on→give priority to
Say it for a higher band
5important→6main concern→7+priority
Synonyms
precedence
Easily confused
precedence
“Safety should take precedence over speed.”
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