A priori definition

A priori means either, widely, 'non-empirical' or, narrowly, following Kant, 'necessary'.18
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A priori. , which means that language due to its materialized experience (speech, writing) and their interrelations to thoughts solely give researchers reasons for exploring the world of cognition. A reason to all of this we can see, according to Steiner, in the assumption that ‗the similarities between men are finally much greater than the differences‘ and ‗that which is in fact linguistically and culturally most remote may, at moments, strike us as most poignant and cognate to our own consciousness‘ (p. 372).
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A priori means "prior to experience".The potential of religion for great good or great evil hinges upon answers to such questions as these. If any religious doctrine is to be
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Examples of A priori in a sentence

  • Template for Scoping the “Decision Problem” to Address Through Decision ModelingDate: Prepared by: Version: Rationale: A priori articulation of the decisions to be addressed and their desired components is considered a best practice before constructing a model.

  • A priori, we do not think our context is one in which employer endorsement effects are highly relevant.

  • A priori we expected that clock directions of around 6 would correlate with HeadForward and Nod, and that clock directions around 3 or 9 would strongly correlate to Shake and SideTurn.

  • A priori, this is the maximum amount receivable, given that if ADIF/ADIF-AV is not allocated ownership of an area in the corresponding urban development re-parcelling, this price would be reduced in accordance with a predetermined unit price.

  • A priori, we expect that India’s minimum wage increases would bring relatively fewer positive effects for women than men, particularly if women have less bargaining power and face greater obstacles to being hired in the labor market.

  • A priori information was limited to the cadence and length of the data sets, and the calibration and format of the FLAG data set.

  • A priori information, of the sort available for real observations, was passed to the hounds, but nothing more.

  • A priori we expected that the mirror symmetry of the set-up might be detectable in the results of the analysis, the roles of e.g. the 5 o’clock and 7 o’clock directions for the left person being swapped to 7 o’clock and 5 o’clock directions for the right person.

  • A priori, the impact on moral hazard, defined as the sum of both behaviors, is ambiguous.

  • A priori, based on the space density of ULIRGs at z 0.5 (Le Floc’h et al.


More Definitions of A priori

A priori means ‘before knowledge,’ but not ‘for all time’ and not ‘independent of experience’. (Reichenbach 1920: 100/105)
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A priori here means what comes first in the order of nature; “a posteriori” means what comes first in the order of knowing.
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Related to A priori

  • First Priority Lien means any Lien created by the First Priority Security Documents.

  • First Priority Liens means all Liens that secure the First Priority Lien Obligations.

  • Lowest Priority As of any date of determination, the Class of Subordinate Certificates then outstanding with the latest priority for payments pursuant to Section 4.02(a), in the following order: Class B-3, Class B-2, Class B-1, Class M-3, Class M-2 and Class M-1 Certificates.

  • Second Priority Liens means all Liens on the Second Lien Collateral to secure the Second Lien Obligations, whether created under the Second Lien Security Documents or acquired by possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise.

  • Second Priority means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Collateral Document, that such Lien is the only Lien to which such Collateral is subject, other than any Permitted Lien.

  • Second Priority Lien means the Liens on the Second Priority Collateral in favor of Second Priority Debt Parties under Second Priority Collateral Documents.

  • Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement means the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1 among (x) the Collateral Agent and (y) one or more representatives of the holders of one or more classes of Permitted Additional Debt and/or Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt, with any immaterial changes and material changes thereto in light of the prevailing market conditions, which material changes shall be posted to the Lenders not less than five Business Days before execution thereof and, if the Required Lenders shall not have objected to such changes within five Business Days after posting, then the Required Lenders shall be deemed to have agreed that the Administrative Agent’s and/or Collateral Agent’s entry into such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) is reasonable and to have consented to such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) and to the Administrative Agent’s and/or Collateral Agent’s execution thereof.

  • First Priority Secured Parties means the First Priority Representative, the First Priority Creditors and any other holders of the First Priority Obligations.

  • Lower Priority As of any date of determination and any Class of Subordinate Certificates, any other Class of Subordinate Certificates then outstanding with a later priority for payments pursuant to Section 4.02 (a).

  • First Priority Documents means the First Priority Agreement, each First Priority Security Document and each First Priority Guarantee.

  • Second Priority Documents means each Second Priority Agreement, each Second Priority Security Document and each Second Priority Guarantee.

  • Second Priority Secured Parties means the Second Priority Representative, the Second Priority Creditors and any other holders of the Second Priority Obligations.

  • First Priority means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Collateral Document, that such Lien is the only Lien to which such Collateral is subject, other than any Permitted Lien.

  • Notes Priority Collateral has the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.

  • Second Priority Collateral means any “Collateral” as defined in any Second Priority Debt Document or any other assets of the Borrower or any other Grantor with respect to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted pursuant to a Second Priority Collateral Document as security for any Second Priority Debt Obligation.

  • First Priority Collateral means all assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, in which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted to any First Priority Secured Party as security for any First Priority Obligation.

  • Permitted Priority Liens means Liens permitted under any of the clauses (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (i) of Section 9.02.

  • Second Priority Collateral Documents means the Noteholder Collateral Documents and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is now or hereafter granted securing any Second Priority Claims or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are at any time governed.

  • First Priority Obligations means (a) with respect to the Existing First Priority Agreement, all “Obligations” of each Loan Party as defined in the Existing First Priority Agreement and (b) with respect to each other First Priority Agreement, all “Obligations” of each Loan Party as defined in such First Priority Agreement, and shall in any event include (i) all principal of and interest (including without limitation any Post-Petition Interest) and premium (if any) on all loans made or other indebtedness issued or incurred pursuant to such First Priority Agreement, (ii) all reimbursement obligations (if any) and interest thereon (including without limitation any Post-Petition Interest) with respect to any letter of credit or similar instruments issued pursuant to such First Priority Agreement, (iii) all Specified Swap Agreements, (iv) all Specified Cash Management Agreements and (v) all guarantee obligations, fees, expenses and other amounts payable from time to time pursuant to the applicable First Priority Documents, in each case whether or not allowed or allowable in an Insolvency Proceeding. To the extent any payment with respect to any First Priority Obligation (whether by or on behalf of any Loan Party, as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is declared to be a fraudulent conveyance or a preference in any respect, set aside or required to be paid to a debtor in possession, any Second Priority Secured Party, receiver or similar Person, then the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall, for the purposes of this Agreement and the rights and obligations of the First Priority Secured Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties, be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred.

  • Term Priority Collateral has the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.

  • Second Priority Debt means any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Grantor guaranteed by the Guarantors (and not guaranteed by any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor), including the Initial Second Priority Debt, which Indebtedness and guarantees are secured by the Second Priority Collateral on a pari passu basis (but without regard to control of remedies, other than as provided by the terms of the applicable Second Priority Debt Documents) with any other Second Priority Debt Obligations and the applicable Second Priority Debt Documents which provide that such Indebtedness and guarantees are to be secured by such Second Priority Collateral on a subordinate basis to the Senior Debt Obligations (and which is not secured by Liens on any assets of the Borrower or any other Grantor other than the Second Priority Collateral or which are not included in the Senior Collateral); provided, however, that (i) such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred, secured and guaranteed on such basis by each Senior Debt Document and Second Priority Debt Document and (ii) except in the case of the Initial Second Priority Debt hereunder, the Representative for the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to this Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions set forth in, Section 8.09 hereof. Second Priority Debt shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and Guarantees thereof by the Guarantors issued in exchange therefor.

  • Term Loan Priority Collateral as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

  • ABL Priority Collateral has the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.

  • Security Agreement Collateral means all "Collateral" as defined in the Security Agreement.

  • Permitted Prior Liens means Liens that arise by operation of law and are not voluntarily granted, to the extent entitled by law to priority over the Liens created by the Stock Lien Security Documents.

  • Second Priority Obligations means (a) with respect to the Existing Second Priority Agreement, all “Secured Obligations” of each Loan Party as defined in the “Security Agreement” referred to in the Existing Second Priority Agreement and (b) with respect to each other Second Priority Agreement, (i) all principal of and interest (including without limitation any Post-Petition Interest) and premium (if any) on all indebtedness under such Second Priority Agreement, and (ii) all guarantee obligations, fees, expenses and other amounts payable from time to time pursuant to the applicable Second Priority Documents, in each case whether or not allowed or allowable in an Insolvency Proceeding. To the extent any payment with respect to any Second Priority Obligation (whether by or on behalf of any Loan Party, as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is declared to be a fraudulent conveyance or a preference in any respect, set aside or required to be paid to a debtor in possession, any First Priority Secured Party, receiver or similar Person, then the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall, for the purposes of this Agreement and the rights and obligations of the First Priority Secured Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties hereunder, be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred.