senioritynoun [ U ]
uk/ˌsiː.niˈɒr.ə.ti/us/siːˈnjɔːr.ə.t̬i/seniority noun [ U ] (LONG TIME)
the advantage that you get by working for a company for a long time:
In future, promotion will be based on merit not seniority.
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Describing age & birthdays
- a ripe old age idiom
- age group
- age limit
- aged
- be knocking (on) 60, 70, etc. idiom
- gone
- junior
- nonagenarian
- octogenarian
- old
- on the right/wrong side of 40, 50, etc. idiom
- put years on sb idiom
- senior
- take years off sb idiom
- teens
- this side of sth idiom
- turn
- twenty-first
- when sb was a (mere) twinkle in their father's eye idiom
- year
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seniority noun [ U ] (HIGH RANK)
the state of being higher in rank than someone else:
I suppose I was impressed by his seniority.
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Importance - general words
- cornerstone
- focus
- grand
- gravitas
- importance
- magnitude
- meaning
- meaningful
- momentous
- proportion
- significance
- simple
- status
- substance
- substantial
- supremacy
- transcendent
- urgent
- value
- weight
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