Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state of being older than another or others or higher in rank than another or others.
- noun Precedence of position, especially precedence over others of the same rank by reason of a longer span of service.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being senior; priority of birth: opposed to juniority: as, the elder brother is entitled to the place by seniority.
- noun Priority in office or service: as, the seniority of a surgeon or a chaplain.
- noun A body of seniors or elders; an assembly or court consisting of the senior fellows of a college.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being senior.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A measure of the amount of time a person has been a member of an organization, as compared to other members, and with an eye towards awarding privileges to those who have been members longer.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the property of being long-lived
- noun higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service
Etymologies
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Examples
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Try doing that when you don't live anywhere long enough to get promoted and gain seniority at your job.
Michelle Obama Hangs Out With Maria Shriver On Tuesday (PHOTOS) Hilary Moss 2010
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Doing away with the unions will eliminate the fallacy that seniority is somehow coupled with competence.
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As I discussed at the forum, upper chambers of legislatures around the world are more conservative and slower moving, in part because seniority is so paramount in these bodies.
Transportation Choices’ Review of the Session: From Bad to Worse « PubliCola 2010
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Try doing that when you don't live anywhere long enough to get promoted and gain seniority at your job.
Michelle Obama Hangs Out With Maria Shriver On Tuesday (PHOTOS) Hilary Moss 2010
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Try doing that when you don't live anywhere long enough to get promoted and gain seniority at your job.
Michelle Obama Hangs Out With Maria Shriver On Tuesday (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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With the inauguration just days away, people are still getting accustomed to their new roles – including President-elect Barack Obama and his former Senate colleagues, many of whom far outranked him in seniority in the past.
Call Me Barack (At Least for a Few Days More) - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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The widespread policy of "last in, first out" (the teacher with the least seniority is the first to go when cuts have to be made) makes it harder to hold on to new, enthusiastic educators and ignores the one thing that should matter most: performance. ...
DeMorning DeBonis: Oct. 8, 2010 Mike DeBonis 2010
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CONAN: So the well, except for the chief justice, no matter what his seniority is sits in the middle.
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With the inauguration just days away, people are still getting accustomed to their new roles – including President-elect Barack Obama and his former Senate colleagues, many of whom far outranked him in seniority in the past.
Call Me Barack (At Least for a Few Days More) - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Try doing that when you don't live anywhere long enough to get promoted and gain seniority at your job.
Michelle Obama Hangs Out With Maria Shriver On Tuesday (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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