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But I will say, I think there are some Democrats that don't want to address pension reform. I have taken on the issue of seniority and tenure. I think we have to address entitlements and the president has done that in his budget. I think we have to extend Medicare and the president has done that. But also reinvest in that program.
Antonio Villaraigosa

Meaning of "seniority" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SENIORITY

seniority  [ˌsiːnɪˈɒrɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SENIORITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Seniority is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SENIORITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Seniority

Seniority is the concept of a person or group of people being older or in charge or command of another person or group, or taking precedence over them. Seniority is present in the most common relationships, between parents and children, siblings of different ages, and workers and their managers. See Classic of Filial Piety. Control is often granted to senior persons due to experience or length of service in a given position. When persons of senior rank have less experience or length of service than their subordinates, "seniority" may apply to either concept. "Seniority" also sometimes refers to the knowledge or skill that one obtains with long experience.

Definition of seniority in the English dictionary

The definition of seniority in the dictionary is the state of being senior. Other definition of seniority is precedence in rank, etc, due to senior status.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SENIORITY


anteriority
ænˌtɪərɪˈɒrɪtɪ
anti-authority
ˌæntɪɔːˈθɒrɪtɪ
apriority
ˌeɪpraɪˈɒrɪtɪ
authority
ɔːˈθɒrɪtɪ
celebrity
sɪˈlɛbrɪtɪ
deteriority
dɪˌtɪərɪˈɒrɪtɪ
exteriority
ɪkˈstɪərɪˈɒrɪtɪ
inferiority
ɪnˌfɪərɪˈɒrɪtɪ
interiority
ɪnˌtɪərɪˈɒrɪtɪ
juniority
ˌdʒuːnɪˈɒrɪtɪ
majority
məˈdʒɒrɪtɪ
meliority
ˌmiːlɪˈɒrɪtɪ
minority
maɪˈnɒrɪtɪ
nonminority
ˌnɒnmaɪˈnɒrɪtɪ
posteriority
pəˌstɪərɪˈɒrɪtɪ
pretty
ˈprɪtɪ
priority
praɪˈɒrɪtɪ
sonority
səˈnɒrɪtɪ
sorority
səˈrɒrɪtɪ
supermajority
ˌsuːpərməˈdʒɒrɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SENIORITY

senior airmen
senior chief petty officer
senior citizen
senior clerk
senior common room
senior editor
senior executive
senior high school
senior management
senior master
senior master sergeant
senior moment
senior partner
senior prom
senior school
senior service
senior wrangler
senior year
seniorities
seniti

WORDS THAT END LIKE SENIORITY

Advertising Standards Authority
aperture priority
Atomic Energy Authority
aviation authority
charity
Civil Aviation Authority
ethnic minority
Financial Services Authority
Greater London Authority
Health Authority
in the majority
local authority
local education authority
Palestinian National Authority
port authority
shutter priority
simple majority
superiority
tax authority
unitary authority
water authority

Synonyms and antonyms of seniority in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SENIORITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «seniority» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of seniority

Translation of «seniority» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SENIORITY

Find out the translation of seniority to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of seniority from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «seniority» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

资历
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

antigüedad
570 millions of speakers

English

seniority
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वरिष्ठता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأقدمية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стаж
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

antiguidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রবীনত্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

séniorité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekananan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rang
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

年功
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

연공서열
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Senioritas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thâm niên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பணி மூப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वरिष्ठता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kıdem
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

anzianità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

staż pracy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стаж
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vechime
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αρχαιότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

senioriteit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tjänstgöringstid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ansiennitet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of seniority

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SENIORITY»

The term «seniority» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.011 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SENIORITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «seniority» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «seniority» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about seniority

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7 QUOTES WITH «SENIORITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word seniority.
1
John Breaux
But we made a decision based on the fact that we have been up there a long time and that we feel that the seniority is important to the people of Louisiana.
2
Luke Harding
Germany's hierarchical reverence for seniority may have something to do with the fact that everything here happens relatively late. Germans start school at six, graduate in their late 20s, and get their first proper jobs in their 30s. Adolescence can go on a long time. It is rare for anyone to achieve responsibility before their 50s.
3
W. Richard Stevens
In 1975 I decided that there was no future in flying (airline jobs were impossible to get, and who wants a job where you are judged only by seniority?) and headed off to grad school.
4
Chuck Todd
Some day, the public might actually revolt against the undemocratic system of seniority that allows Congress to keep the old ways of Washington ingrained into the culture of Congress.
5
Antonio Villaraigosa
But I will say, I think there are some Democrats that don't want to address pension reform. I have taken on the issue of seniority and tenure. I think we have to address entitlements and the president has done that in his budget. I think we have to extend Medicare and the president has done that. But also reinvest in that program.
6
Antonio Villaraigosa
Look, you're not going to get me to say that Democrats don't make mistakes. We do. I mentioned two areas - pension reform and seniority and tenure. I've done both - I've advocated for both. I've advocated for - seek for reform as well.
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E. B. White
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SENIORITY»

Discover the use of seniority in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to seniority and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Black Enterprise
Seniority clauses in collective bargaining contracts usually specify a last-in, first- out procedure (LIFO), which dictates that employees with the least seniority will be the first to be laid off. This action may result in the layoff of a disproportionate ...
2
Advances in Nuclear Physics
SENIORITY AND GENERALIZED SENIORITY IN SEMI-MAGIC NUCLEI 6.1. The Seniority Scheme and Applications As pointed out above, there is evidence that the T = 1 effective interaction, the nuclear interaction between identical valence ...
J.W. Negele, Erich W. Vogt, 2003
3
Human Resources Management 4E
A major drawback, however, is that when seniority becomes the chief basis for promotion, merit or ability is ignored. Yet ability is essential for an organisation to function effectively. There is no guarantee that an experienced or senior person is ...
Saiyadain, 2009
4
The elders: seniority within earliest Christianity
A groundbreaking study of the origins of the Church's ministry, focusing on the significance and role of "elders" in the social world of the New Testament.
R. Alastair Campbell, 1994
5
Arbitration in Practice
9. Seniority. Systems. in. Collective. Bargaining. Harry. T. Edwards. [T]here has been increasing acceptance of the principle that a worker's job rights should be related to his length of service. Common-sense ideas of equity suggest that a man ...
Arnold Zack, 1984
6
Gender, Time, and Reduced Work
They had volunteered to be laid off temporarily under an inverse seniority layoff scheme when their employer announced the permanent shutdown of one of two assembly lines. In 1987 General Motors managers announced that one of two ...
Cynthia Negrey, 1993
7
Indirect Discrimination in the Workplace
Seniority Seniority systems tend to perpetuate the effects of past discrimination. For example women who were previously ineligible for permanent appointment are likely to have had their seniority dated from their date of permanency rather ...
Rosemary Hunter, 1992
8
Employment Relations: Industrial Relations and Human ...
The seniority principle Employee pressure to regulate an employer's right to terminate employment has led to the establishment of various procedures. Seniority may be their preferred criteria for retrenching employees. Retrenchments in the ...
Gardner, Gill Palmer, 1997
9
Grievance Arbitration: Issues on the Merits in Discipline, ...
The Seniority Unit One would expect that seniority should be related to the hiring dates of other employees, or in other words, that seniority should be companywide. Although companywide seniority is usually the basis of invoking most ...
Arnold Zack, 1989
10
Employment Law for Human Resource Practice
But for all its potential benefits, basing employment decisions on seniority has a downside when it comes to ensuring equal employment opportunity. In many organizations, women and people of color hold less seniority than white males.
David Walsh, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SENIORITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term seniority is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tentative PMN pact with Newspaper Guild addresses health …
On the key point of seniority in case of layoffs, the tentative agreement allows management to exempt up to 25 percent of any group targeted - reporters, ... «Philly.com, Jun 15»
2
House passes bill ending seniority-based teacher layoffs
Rep. Steve Bloom, R-North Middleton Twp., said his bill, which passed the state House on Tuesday, that ends seniority-based teacher furloughs ensures ... «PennLive.com, Jun 15»
3
No factory for old men: Hyundai Motor seeks to end seniority-based …
SEOUL (Reuters) - In a bid to curb rising domestic labor costs, Hyundai Motor Co is seeking to base wages on merit not seniority in an overhaul of a decades-old ... «Business Insider, Apr 15»
4
Majority of Minnesotans favor performance over seniority during …
More than two-thirds of Minnesotans believe performance, not seniority, should be the deciding factor in determining which teachers keep their jobs when public ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Mar 15»
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No vote by Senate education committee on teacher seniority bills but …
Terri Bonoff, DFL-Minnetonka, sponsor of one the bills, is the only DFL legislator this session to support revising seniority rules for teachers, putting her at odds ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Mar 15»
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GOP House OKs bill diminishing seniority in teacher layoffs in …
A top priority for Republicans, the legislation would end seniority as the primary factor in determining teacher layoffs, a process commonly referred to as “last in, ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Mar 15»
7
Teacher-seniority measure re-referred to House committee
The Republican-led House on Thursday sent back to committee a bill that would revise teacher seniority rules, requiring that teacher performance be considered ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Feb 15»
8
DFL senator breaks from party to introduce bill that would strip …
Republicans in the House have already introduced a bill that would end teacher seniority and take measures to close the achievement gap between white and ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jan 15»
9
Teacher seniority, layoffs headline GOP's education plans
Carlos Mariani, DFL-St. Paul, said some Democrats may be on board as long as Republicans don't throw seniority completely out the window in the layoff ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Dec 14»
10
Sessions yields to Enzi as US Senate Budget chairman
Enzi, who had previously served as the top Republican on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, had decided to exert his seniority to become ... «Reuters, Dec 14»

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