Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense prioritizes, present participle prioritizing, past tense, past participle prioritizedregional note: in BRIT, also use prioritise
1. verb
If you prioritize something, you treat it as more important than other things.
The government is prioritising the service sector, rather than investing in industryand production. [VERB noun]
2. verb
If you prioritize the tasks that you have to do, you decide which are the most important and do them first.
Make lists of what to do and prioritize your tasks. [VERB noun]
[Also VERB]
prioritize in British English
or prioritise (praɪˈɒrɪˌtaɪz)
verb(transitive)
1.
to arrange (items to be attended to) in order of their relative importance
2.
to give priority to or establish as a priority
Derived forms
prioritization (ˌprioritiˈzation) or prioritisation (ˌprioritiˈsation)
noun
prioritize in American English
(praɪˈɔrəˌtaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: priˈoriˌtized or priˈoriˌtizing
1.
to arrange (items) in order of priority
2.
to assign (an item) to a particular level of priority
Examples of 'prioritize' in a sentence
prioritize
Something in the way his brain worked made it difficult for him to prioritize.
William Lashner FATAL FLAW (2003)
In other languages
prioritize
British English: prioritize VERB
If you prioritize something, you treat it as more important than other things.
Prioritise your own wants rather than constantly thinking about others.