"first order of the day" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "first orders of the day",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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        "1": "first orders of the day",
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Politics",
          "orig": "en:Politics",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1699, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, The Manuscripts of the House of Lords: Volume 4, page ix",
          "text": "...from the Commons should be the first Order of the day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An item of business that will be discussed before any other item on a particular day when a legislature is sitting."
      ],
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          "politics",
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        ],
        [
          "legislature",
          "legislature"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(politics) An item of business that will be discussed before any other item on a particular day when a legislature is sitting."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "politics"
      ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1921, Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America, editor, The Bricklayer, mason and plasterer: Volumes 24-25, page 26",
          "text": "There are two things every union member should make the first order of the day the pay envelope comes around — supply his family and pay his union dues.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A goal or task that is of primary importance and will or should be pursued before any other goal."
      ],
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  "word": "first order of the day"
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    "English nouns"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "first orders of the day",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "first orders of the day",
        "head": "first order of the day"
      },
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Politics"
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        {
          "ref": "1699, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, The Manuscripts of the House of Lords: Volume 4, page ix",
          "text": "...from the Commons should be the first Order of the day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An item of business that will be discussed before any other item on a particular day when a legislature is sitting."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
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          "legislature",
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(politics) An item of business that will be discussed before any other item on a particular day when a legislature is sitting."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "politics"
      ]
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          "ref": "1921, Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America, editor, The Bricklayer, mason and plasterer: Volumes 24-25, page 26",
          "text": "There are two things every union member should make the first order of the day the pay envelope comes around — supply his family and pay his union dues.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A goal or task that is of primary importance and will or should be pursued before any other goal."
      ]
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  ],
  "word": "first order of the day"
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