seniority

[ seen-yawr-i-tee, -yor- ]

/ sinˈyɔr ɪ ti, -ˈyɒr- /

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noun, plural sen·ior·i·ties for 2.

the state of being senior; priority of birth; superior age.

priority, precedence, or status obtained as the result of a person's length of service, as in a profession, trade, company, or union: First choice of vacation time will be given to employees with seniority.

Origin of seniority

1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin seniōritās, equivalent to Latin senior senior + -itās -ity

Words nearby seniority

senior management, senior master sergeant, senior moment, senior service, senioritis, seniority, seniority rule, seniti, senlac, senna, sennacherib

Example sentences from the Web for seniority

As long as seniority reigns among teachers,” Klein writes, “we will fail.

Your Local School Doesn’t Have to Suck |Michael S. Roth |December 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Vogel spins a story of a political culture becoming slowly unbound by previous constraints like party loyalty or seniority.

Is Big Money Politics an Overblown Evil? |David Freedlander |August 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Power in Washington was dictated by seniority for generations.

Voters Hate Seniors More Than Crooks; Can Thad Cochran Survive That? |Patricia Murphy |June 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And third, a “last-in, first-out” law gives priority to seniority over success in times of teacher layoffs.

Vergara v. California: The Most Important Court Case You’ve Never Heard Of |Campbell Brown |May 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Of the three candidates, Miller has the most seniority on the House intelligence committee.

Republicans Begin Campaign For Next House Intel Chair |Eli Lake |March 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Those twenty-odd years—his seniority—had mellowed him, filled him with deep and tender understanding.

The Drums Of Jeopardy |Harold MacGrath
He has put his seniority in his pocket and is under his junior—fighting first, rank afterwards!

Gallipoli Diary, Volume I |Ian Hamilton
The rear is closed by the favorite band of eunuchs, distributed from age to youth, according to the order of seniority.

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |Edward Gibbon
But after it became an official title the sense of seniority would drop away from the word.

The Expositor's Bible: The Epistles of St. Peter |J. Rawson Lumby
The chairman by seniority, Beslay, a capitalist of a fraternising turn of mind, made the opening speech.

History of the Commune of 1871 |P. Lissagary

British Dictionary definitions for seniority

seniority

/ (ˌsiːnɪˈɒrɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

the state of being senior

precedence in rank, etc, due to senior status

Cultural definitions for seniority

seniority

Length of service on a job. Seniority may be considered in making decisions about wages, layoffs, and other working conditions.

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seniority

noun, plural sen·ior·i·ties for 2.

Origin of seniority

Words nearby seniority

Example sentences from the Web for seniority

British Dictionary definitions for seniority

noun plural -ties

Cultural definitions for seniority

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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seniority

noun, plural sen·ior·i·ties for 2.

Origin of seniority

Words nearby seniority

Words related to seniority

Example sentences from the Web for seniority

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