"prioritize" meaning in All languages combined

See prioritize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /praɪˈɒrətaɪz/ [UK], /praɪˈɔːrətaɪz/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prioritize.wav [UK] Forms: prioritize [canonical], prioritizes [third-person, singular], prioritized [past], prioritized [past, participle], prioritizing [present, participle]
Etymology: priority + -ize Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|priority|ize}} priority + -ize Head templates: {{verb|prioritiz|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you prioritize something, you put it first in a group of things in order of their importance.
    Sense id: simple-prioritize-en-verb--5Kxsrqm
  2. If you prioritize a number of tasks, you rank them in order of their importance.
    Sense id: simple-prioritize-en-verb-Wt9o1T~m
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ize
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