(さいゆうせん)

さいゆうせん
noun
top priority, highest priority
abstract
1. top priority, highest priority
The thing that should be dealt with before all others; the most important matter requiring attention.
安全(あんぜん)最優先(さいゆうせん)する
To make safety the top priority.
Please handle this matter with the highest priority.
The government announced that rescuing disaster victims is the top priority.

Usage

Commonly used in the patterns 最優先(さいゆうせん)する (to make top priority), 最優先(さいゆうせん) (with top priority), and 最優先(さいゆうせん)課題(かだい) (top-priority issue). Frequent in business and government contexts.

Common collocations