单词 | reprioritize |
释义 | reprioritizev. Originally U.S. 1. transitive. To rearrange (items) to be dealt with in order of importance; to re-establish priorities for (a set of items). Also euphemistic: to give less priority to (an item) as a result of this. Also intransitive. ΚΠ 1971 Research Managem. Nov. 80 After these cost estimates are in cost-benefit analyses may have to be redone to re-prioritize. 1974 Mano a Mano Oct. 1/2 Gomez stressed the need..to re-identify and re-prioritize issues which merit Council attention. 1975 Los Angeles Times 19 Jan. vii. 1/2 Suggesting that the administration ‘reprioritize its budget in line with these philosophies’. 1998 J. B. Schwartz Reservation Road 190 After a certain period of time, all unsolved cases get reprioritized. 2007 T. Ashworth & A. Nobile I was really Good Mom before I had Kids ii. 42 Reprioritize what's on your list. Do you really need to have fresh flowers in the house? Do you have to drive for every field trip? 2. transitive. To give renewed priority to; to re-establish (something or someone) as worthy of special attention. ΚΠ 1980 Washington Post 22 Jan. c5/2 What was ‘deprioritized had to be reprioritized’, according to federal officials. 1989 Union Leader (Manchester, New Hampsh.) (Nexis) 17 Oct. 1 My family obligations have at least tripled, and it is time to re-prioritize my personal affairs. The bottom line is that for the first time in a long time, my family..have to come first. 1997 P. Bronson First $20 Million is Hardest 103 His experience with boards was you had a couple meetings a year where the same old priorities were reprioritized. 2008 N. Gartrell My Answer is No xi. 216 You reprioritize the people and activities that give your life meaning and purpose, and say NO to anyone or anything that's not at the top of the list. Derivatives ˌreprioritiˈzation n. ΚΠ 1975 F. W. English & R. A. Kaufman Needs Assessment ii. 33 (heading) Educational goal re-prioritization. 2007 Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) (Nexis) 16 Dec. 8 The reprioritization of Abe's signature issue. ˌrepriˈoritized adj. ΚΠ 1976 19th Ann. Conf. Proc. Amer. Production & Inventory Control Soc. 159 We designed a daily material reallocation system that was capable of receiving a reprioritized lot listing. 2003 R. F. Craven et al. Fund. of Nursing (ed. 4) v. 72/2 Tension often results between harboring anger or bitterness and wanting to achieve reprioritized goals. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1971 |
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