Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 4 compound words that contain priors. The most common are listed below. Open priors in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 16
- Salford PriorsA village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP0751).
- Ditton PriorsA village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO6089).
- Hurstbourne PriorsA village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4346).
- update one's priorsTo change one's beliefs in the face of new evidence.
- revise one's priorsSynonym of update one's priors: To change one's beliefs in the face of new evidence.
- alien priorsplural of alien prior: A foreign prior who is affiliated with an alien priory.
- grand priorsplural of grand prior: The chief of a group of priors, at a large religious house with more than one; also specifically, the commander of a priory of the Knights of St John.
- great priorsplural of great prior: The chief of a group of priors, at a large religious house with more than one; also specifically, the commander of a priory of the Knights of St John.
- Jeffreys priorsplural of Jeffreys prior: In Bayesian probability, a non-informative (objective) prior distribution for a parameter space; it is proportional to the square root of the determinant of the Fisher information matrix.
- priors conventualplural of prior conventual: Synonym of prior (“the head of a priory or some other minor or smaller monastery”).
- revised one's priorssimple past and past participle of revise one's priors
- revises one's priorsthird-person singular simple present indicative of revise one's priors: To change one's beliefs in the face of new evidence.
- revising one's priorspresent participle and gerund of revise one's priors
- updated one's priorssimple past and past participle of update one's priors
- updates one's priorsthird-person singular simple present indicative of update one's priors: To change one's beliefs in the face of new evidence.
- updating one's priorspresent participle and gerund of update one's priors
Compound words 4
- hyperpriorsplural of hyperprior: A prior distribution on a hyperparameter.
- priorshipsplural of priorship: The state or office of prior.
- PriorsleeA suburb of Telford in St Georges and Priorslee parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7110).
- subpriorsplural of subprior: The assistant or deputy of a prior