a pri·o·ri (ä? pr?-ôr??, ?? pr?-ôr??)adj.1. Proceeding from a known or assumed cause to a necessarily related effect; deductive.2. a. Derived by or designating the process of reasoning without reference to particular facts or experience.b. Knowable without appeal to particular experience.3. Made before or without examination; not supported by factual study.[Medieval Latin ? pri?r? : Latin ?, from + Latin pri?r?, ablative of prior, former.]a? pri·o?ri adv.a? pri·or?i·ty (-ôr??-t?, -?r?-) n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.a priori (e? pra????ra?; ?? pr????r?) adj1. (Logic) logic relating to or involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to the expected facts or effects2. (Logic) logic known to be true independently of or in advance of experience of the subject matter; requiring no evidence for its validation or support3. (Statistics) statistics See prior probability, mathematical probability[C18: from Latin, literally: from the previous (that is, from cause to effect)] apriority nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014a pri?o?ri (?e? pra???r a?, -?o?r a?, ?e? pri??r i, -?o?r i, ?? pri??r i, -?o?r i) adj. 1. from a general law to a particular instance; valid independently of observation. Compare a posteriori (def. 1). 2. existing in the mind independent of experience. 3. conceived beforehand. [1645?55;
À priori
a pri·o·ri (ä? pr?-ôr??, ?? pr?-ôr??)adj.1. Proceeding from a known or assumed cause to a necessarily related effect; deductive.2. a. Derived by or designating the process of reasoning without reference to particular facts or experience.b. Knowable without appeal to particular experience.3. Made before or without examination; not supported by factual study.[Medieval Latin ? pri?r? : Latin ?, from + Latin pri?r?, ablative of prior, former.]a? pri·o?ri adv.a? pri·or?i·ty (-ôr??-t?, -?r?-) n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.a priori (e? pra????ra?; ?? pr????r?) adj1. (Logic) logic relating to or involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to the expected facts or effects2. (Logic) logic known to be true independently of or in advance of experience of the subject matter; requiring no evidence for its validation or support3. (Statistics) statistics See prior probability, mathematical probability[C18: from Latin, literally: from the previous (that is, from cause to effect)] apriority nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014a pri?o?ri (?e? pra???r a?, -?o?r a?, ?e? pri??r i, -?o?r i, ?? pri??r i, -?o?r i) adj. 1. from a general law to a particular instance; valid independently of observation. Compare a posteriori (def. 1). 2. existing in the mind independent of experience. 3. conceived beforehand. [1645?55;
a priori
a pri·o·ri (ä? pr?-ôr??, ?? pr?-ôr??)adj.1. Proceeding from a known or assumed cause to a necessarily related effect; deductive.2. a. Derived by or designating the process of reasoning without reference to particular facts or experience.b. Knowable without appeal to particular experience.3. Made before or without examination; not supported by factual study.[Medieval Latin ? pri?r? : Latin ?, from + Latin pri?r?, ablative of prior, former.]a? pri·o?ri adv.a? pri·or?i·ty (-ôr??-t?, -?r?-) n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.a priori (e? pra????ra?; ?? pr????r?) adj1. (Logic) logic relating to or involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to the expected facts or effects2. (Logic) logic known to be true independently of or in advance of experience of the subject matter; requiring no evidence for its validation or support3. (Statistics) statistics See prior probability, mathematical probability[C18: from Latin, literally: from the previous (that is, from cause to effect)] apriority nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014a pri?o?ri (?e? pra???r a?, -?o?r a?, ?e? pri??r i, -?o?r i, ?? pri??r i, -?o?r i) adj. 1. from a general law to a particular instance; valid independently of observation. Compare a posteriori (def. 1). 2. existing in the mind independent of experience. 3. conceived beforehand. [1645?55;