"prioritization" meaning in English

See prioritization in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /prʌɪˌɒrətʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-prioritization.wav Forms: prioritizations [plural], prioritisation [alternative]
Etymology: From prioritize + -ation. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|prioritize|ation}} prioritize + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} prioritization (countable and uncountable, plural prioritizations)
  1. The process of assigning priorities to things or tasks. Wikipedia link: Requirement prioritization Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: prioritize Translations (process of assigning priorities to things or tasks): priorització [feminine] (Catalan), priorizace [feminine] (Czech), prioritizace [feminine] (Czech), priorisointi (Finnish), priorisation [feminine] (French), priorización [feminine] (Galician), Priorisierung [feminine] (German), priorizzazione [feminine] (Italian), priorização [feminine] (Portuguese), prioritização [feminine] (Portuguese), приоритиза́ция (prioritizácija) [feminine] (Russian), priorización [feminine] (Spanish)

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