Synonyms for seniority
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : seen-yawr-i-tee, -yor- |
| Phonetic Transcription : sinˈyɔr ɪ ti, -ˈyɒr- |
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Définition of seniority
Origin :- "priority on office or service," mid-15c., from Medieval Latin senioritas, from Latin senior (see senior (adj.)). Meaning "state or quality of being senior" is from 1530s.
- noun rank in organization due to length of service
- They rose and left silently in the order of their seniority.
- Extract from : « The Adventurer » by Cyril M. Kornbluth
- Deals in order of seniority with two of the hills on which Prague stands.
- Extract from : « From a Terrace in Prague » by Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker
- "He's not as susceptible as he looks," Rose pronounced from her vantage-point of seniority.
- Extract from : « Quin » by Alice Hegan Rice
- Seniority on the father's side gives excess of male offspring.
- Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys
- His age and seniority of settlement, also entitled him to it.
- Extract from : « Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather » by Charles W. Upham
- Mr. Coates, who came next in seniority, was passed over, and rightly.
- Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster
- A designation conferred in 1863 on masters of fifteen years' seniority.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- The other imitated their example, coming forward according to their seniority.
- Extract from : « Windsor Castle » by William Harrison Ainsworth
- But with an implied claim to rights of insight, on her own account, from seniority.
- Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan
- In this way the seniority of her race was probably revealed.
- Extract from : « Too Old for Dolls » by Anthony Mario Ludovici
Antonyms for seniority
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