prioritize

prioritize

English

Alternative forms

• prioritise (Britain)

Etymology

From priority +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹaɪˈɒɹətaɪz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹaɪˈɔːɹətaɪz/

Verb

prioritize (third-person singular simple present prioritizes, present participle prioritizing, simple past and past participle prioritized)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To arrange or list a group of things in order of priority or importance.
2. (transitive) To rank something as having high priority.

Related terms

• prioritization

Translations

to arrange or list in order of priority or importance

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: laŭprioritatigi (eo) Finnish: priorisoida, asettaa/laittaa tärkeysjärjestykseen French: prioriser (fr)

German: priorisieren (de) Maori: whakaarotau Portuguese: priorizar Spanish: prioritizar, priorizar (es) Swedish: prioritera (sv)

to rank as having priority

Catalan: prioritzar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: prioritatigi (eo)

Finnish: priorisoida (fi) Spanish: priorizar (es) Swedish: prioritera (sv)