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Noun prior has 1 sense
  1. prior - the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
    --1 is a kind of
    superior

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Priors

Description:

Priors can refer to a variety of contexts depending on its usage. It can be a noun, adjective, verb or adverb.

Senses and Usages:

Noun:

1. In legal terminology, priors commonly refers to a person's previous convictions or criminal records.

Example Sentence: The judge heard about the defendant's priors before passing the sentencing.

Adjective:

1. When used as an adjective, priors describes something that comes before in time, order, or importance.

Example Sentence: His priors experience in a similar job made him the perfect candidate.

2. In statistics, priors refers to the probability distribution that represents the beliefs or knowledge about a certain event before new evidence is considered.

Example Sentence: Bayesian statistics make use of informative priors to incorporate subject matter knowledge into the analysis.

Verb:

1. As a verb, priors can be the third person singular present tense of the verb 'prior', which means to prioritize or give precedence to something.

Example Sentence: The team always priors customer satisfaction.

Adverb:

1. When used as an adverb, priors describes something that occurred or existed earlier in time or position.

Example Sentence: The new policies are more relaxed compared to priors.

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