priorita

Priorità is an Italian noun that denotes priority or precedence—the condition of being considered first in order, importance, or urgency. It comes from Latin prioritas, from prior “earlier,” and is written with an accent on the last syllable: priorità. The term is used in many contexts to indicate that something should be addressed before other things.

In everyday language, priorità is used to describe the importance or sequence assigned to tasks, decisions, or resources. Phrases such as dare la priorità a un compito or attribuire una priorità alta a un progetto express the idea of ranking items by urgency or importance. In traffic law, the expression priorità is common in rules that govern which vehicle or direction has the right of way, for example in phrases like priorità a destra or dare precedenza.

In computing and project management, priorità refers to the ranking or scheduling of processes, tasks, or requirements. Terms like impostare una priorità alta per un processo or gestire le priorità nel backlog reflect how resources are allocated according to importance or urgency.

Orthography-wise, the unaccented form priorita is frequently seen in digital contexts, programming identifiers, or in languages that omit diacritics. The correct Italian spelling uses the diacritic: priorità. The concept is widely used across disciplines to organize actions, allocate resources, and determine the order in which things should be addressed.