Collocations for "prior"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "prior" in context.
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prior
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- (no) prior experience [in, as]
- have (already) given you prior notice
- has prior (written) [permission, consent, authorization]
- need prior approval [first, before]
- [had no, did not have] prior knowledge [of, about, regarding]
- had a prior interest in
- had prior commitments
- have a prior engagement
- prior attempts to
- during the prior [year, quarter]
- not as [fast, many, high] as prior years
- [six weeks, ten days] prior (to)
- [happened, occurred] immediately prior to
- prior to [arriving, leaving, finishing, commencing]
- came in prior to [the interview, joining]
- prior to this
- the [teenager, man, delinquent, thief] had no priors
- was [let off, given a warning] because he had no priors
- had a prior for [theft, assault]
- [found out about, discovered] his priors
- what are your priors?
- religion: a [young, monastery, veteran, long-serving] prior
- the life of a prior
- a prior's [life, existence, work]
'prior' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accept
- apply
- audit
- blessing
- cancellation
- checklist
- cherry
- correspondence
- dealing
- engagement
- immediately
- issuance
- knowledge
- leather
- milling
- notice
- notification
- performance
- permission
- planning
- preferably
- reservation
- revision
- self-confident
- supersede
- thaw
- transition
- wisely