a priori

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

First attested in 1710, from Latin, literally from the former, from priori (former)

Adjective [edit]

a priori (comparative more a priori, superlative most a priori)

  1. (law) Known ahead of time.
  2. (logic) Based on hypothesis rather than experiment.
    In his opening argument, the student mentioned nothing beyond his a priori knowledge.
  3. Self-evident, intuitively obvious
  4. Presumed without analysis
  5. (linguistics, of a constructed language) Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages.[1]

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a priori (comparative more a priori, superlative most a priori)

  1. (logic) In a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation

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References [edit]

  1. ^ Donald J. Harlow, How to Build a Language

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Adjective [edit]

a priori (not comparable)

  1. a priori

Adverb [edit]

a priori

  1. a priori

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Italian [edit]

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Adjective [edit]

a priori (invariable)

  1. a priori

Adverb [edit]

a priori

  1. a priori

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Spanish [edit]

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Adverb [edit]

a priori

  1. beforehand
  2. (logic) a priori