Seniority

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  • noun. The state of being older than another or others or higher in rank than another or others.
  • noun. Precedence of position, especially precedence over others of the same rank by reason of a longer span of service.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state of being senior; priority of birth: opposed to juniority: as, the elder brother is entitled to the place by seniority.
  • noun. Priority in office or service: as, the seniority of a surgeon or a chaplain.
  • noun. A body of seniors or elders; an assembly or court consisting of the senior fellows of a college.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality or state of being senior.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A measure of the amount of time a person has been a member of an organization, as compared to other members, and with an eye towards awarding privileges to those who have been members longer.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the property of being long-lived
  • noun. higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service
    • Word Usage
    "CONAN: So the well, except for the chief justice, no matter what his seniority is sits in the middle."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    high status  oldness  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    inferiority  superiority  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    primogeniture  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aboriginality  accomplishment  age  ancien regime  ancientness  
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