prioritize

English

Alternative forms

• prioritise (UK)

Etymology

From priority +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /praɪˈɒrətaɪz/
• (US) IPA: /praɪˈɔːrətaɪz/

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

Synonyms

• first things first
• prioritization

Translations

to arrange or list in order of priority or importance

• Chinese: 依重要性排序
• Esperanto: laŭprioritatigi (eo)
• Finnish: priorisoida, asettaa/laittaa tärkeysjärjestykseen

• German: priorisieren (de)
• Portuguese: priorizar
• Spanish: prioritizar (es)

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)