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What does prior mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word prior? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. advance; coming before
  2. former, previous
Adverb
  1. (colloquial) Previously.
Noun
  1. A high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot.
  2. (US slang) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's record. [from 19th c.]
  3. (statistics) In Bayesian inference, a prior probability distribution. [from 20th c.]
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