antepotic
To prioritize or place something before another in order of importance, rank, or preference. It is typically used in formal or technical settings to describe the deliberate act of favoring a specific option or requirement over others.
Exemplos
3 de 5I usually antepotic my morning coffee over checking my emails.
I usually antepotic my morning coffee over checking my emails.
The committee decided to antepotic the safety regulations over the speed of production.
The committee decided to antepotic the safety regulations over the speed of production.
Don't antepotic your work over your health, man.
Don't antepotic your work over your health, man.
Família de palavras
Dica de memorização
Think of 'ante' (before) and 'pot' (power)—giving power to what comes before everything else.
Quiz rápido
In order to meet the strict deadline, the project manager had to ________ the most critical tasks first.
Correto!
A resposta correta é: antepotic
Exemplos
I usually antepotic my morning coffee over checking my emails.
everydayI usually antepotic my morning coffee over checking my emails.
The committee decided to antepotic the safety regulations over the speed of production.
formalThe committee decided to antepotic the safety regulations over the speed of production.
Don't antepotic your work over your health, man.
informalDon't antepotic your work over your health, man.
The researchers chose to antepotic quantitative data in their final analysis.
academicThe researchers chose to antepotic quantitative data in their final analysis.
We need to antepotic customer satisfaction if we want to retain our market share.
businessWe need to antepotic customer satisfaction if we want to retain our market share.
Família de palavras
Colocações comuns
Frases Comuns
antepotic the primary goal
antepotic the primary goal
antepotic over all else
antepotic over all else
failed to antepotic
failed to antepotic
Frequentemente confundido com
A medicine taken to counteract poison, whereas antepotic is the act of prioritizing.
Refers specifically to the third from last in a series, while antepotic refers to ranking importance.
Notas de uso
This word is most commonly encountered in specialized logic or aptitude tests. It should be used when you want to sound highly precise about the hierarchical ordering of choices.
Erros comuns
Learners often mistake this for an adjective because of the '-ic' suffix; remember that in this specific test context, it functions as a verb meaning to rank first.
Dica de memorização
Think of 'ante' (before) and 'pot' (power)—giving power to what comes before everything else.
Origem da palavra
Derived from the Latin prefix 'ante-' (before) and a modified form of 'ponere' (to place).
Padrões gramaticais
Contexto cultural
Mainly relevant in the context of high-level English proficiency exams and academic writing.
Quiz rápido
In order to meet the strict deadline, the project manager had to ________ the most critical tasks first.
Correto!
A resposta correta é: antepotic
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