Significado
to prioritize, put before
- to place something or someone ahead of another in importance, time, or space
Em uma frase
Ha sempre saputo anteporre il bene comune ai propri interessi personali.
He has always known how to put the common good before his personal interests.
Perché dovremmo anteporre le esigenze economiche alla tutela della salute pubblica?
Why should we prioritize economic demands over the protection of public health?
Un bravo amministratore non antepone mai le preferenze individuali alle regole condivise.
A good administrator never puts individual preferences ahead of shared rules.
Notas de uso
- Formal: avoid in casual everyday conversation; prefer 'mettere prima' or 'dare la precedenza'.
- Conjugated irregularly like 'porre' (past participle 'anteposto', preterite 'anteposi').