What does prioritize mean?

Definitions for prioritize
praɪˈɔr ɪˌtaɪz, -ˈɒr-pri·or·i·tize

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. prioritize, prioritiseverb

    assign a priority to

    "we have too many things to do and must prioritize"

Wiktionary

  1. prioritizeverb

    to arrange or list a group of things in order of priority or importance

  2. prioritizeverb

    to rank something as having high priority

Wikipedia

  1. prioritize

    Prioritization is an action that arranges items or activities in order of importance. Priority may refer specifically to:

ChatGPT

  1. prioritize

    To prioritize means to decide on the relative importance or urgency of tasks or matters and determine the order or sequence in which they should be dealt with or accomplished. It's about categorizing activities based on their relevance or significance in reaching a goal or objective.

Editors Contribution

  1. prioritize

    Assign a priority to.

    They did have a pattern of prioritize daily and then reprioritize.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 13, 2020  


  2. prioritize

    To review the priority of a task, goal or plan.

    Every day we prioritize our workload to ensure the plan of what to focus on is accurate.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 20, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of prioritize in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of prioritize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of prioritize in a Sentence

  1. Austin Police Department:

    The lack of cadet classes at APD over the last couple of years has contributed to an officer staffing shortage, in order to prioritize the Department’s ability to respond to 911 phone calls and keep the community safe, APD has had to reallocate some personnel from our support units back to patrol. The Sex Offender Apprehension and Registration Unit (SOAR) is one of the units affected by these staffing challenges and lost 3 officers who were re-assigned to patrol in the process. These officers’ duties and tasks while assigned to SOAR were to perform sex offender compliance checks, and to track down and arrest those with outstanding warrants. With the absence of these officers in the SOAR unit to assist with these tasks, the unit has limited capacity to perform these functions. There are currently 1 sergeant, 3 detectives, 1 full time civilian, and 2 part time civilians who now work in this unit.

  2. Aaron Bernstein:

    Why wouldn’t we prioritize investments that will save more lives near-term if they give us the same amount of carbon value?

  3. Matt Gaetz:

    Chairman @RepJerryNadler should prioritize a Judiciary investigation into how Jeffrey Epstein died in federal custody( in Nadlers own neighborhood !) over the Kavanaugh confirmation( which already happened), and the Russia hoax( which never happened).

  4. Douglas Throckmorton:

    It’s important to underscore that we know that there are other medically necessary drugs in shortage and we’re continuing to prioritize our ongoing work to address all shortages of these drugs given the impact on the public health.

  5. Darby Hoover:

    It's everybody's responsibility. Of course, don't litter and prioritize using reusables, at the same time there's a responsibility on companies who produce the products found in oceans, to make sure the materials they produce are recyclable, get recycled and look for ways to improve the infrastructure.

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