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Etymology
First attested in 1710, from L., literally from the former, from priori.

Adjective
a priori

1. law|Latinate Known ahead of time.
2. logic Based on hypothesis rather than experiment.

#:a priori knowledge

1. Self-evident, intuitively obvious

Adverb
a priori

1. logic Derived by logic.

Translations
trans-top|derived by logic
Czech: a priori
Dutch: a priori
French: a priori
German: a priori
Italian: #Italian|a priori
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Japanese: アプリオリ (apuriori)
Polish: z góry
Portuguese: a priori
Russian: априори (aprióri)
Spanish: a priori
Turkish: önsel (adverb)
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See also
a fortiori
a posteriori

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