prioritize
/pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/US/pɹaɪˈoɹ.ə.taɪz/
prioritize verb: to value, do, or choose something first, or before other things.
Verb
prioritize (third-person singular simple present prioritizes, present participle prioritizing, simple past and past participle prioritized)
- To value, do, or choose something first, or before other things.
- When I don't have time to buy everything at the store, I prioritize fresh fruit and vegetables over foods like rice or noodles.
- Boeing's article stressed prioritizing roll control during recovery from nose-down bank upsets unless the airplane was in a stall condition; if the airplane was stalled, Boeing recommended recovering from the stall before recovering from the upset. The article described the nose-down upset recovery...1999 March 24, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.18.10.2.3 1997 Through 1998—Information and Changes Disseminated by Boeing”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Uncontrolled Descent and Collision...
- To arrange or list a group of things in order of priority or importance.
- To rank something as having high priority.
prioritize meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Gujarati
prioritize in Tamil
- முக்கிய வரிசைப்படுத்து
prioritize in Bengali
- অগ্রাধিকার দিতে
prioritize in Malayalam
- മുൻഗണന നൽകുക
prioritize in Gujarati
- પ્રાથમિકતા આપવા માટે
Examples of prioritize in a sentence
- The new one will prioritize silicon extraction and—2017, Andy Weir, chapter 17, in Artemis, pages 295-6:
- Skinimalism prioritizes skin health and lets your natural beauty shine through.2022 February 1, Lourdes Avila Uribe, “Everything You Need To Know About 'Skinimalism', The Latest Beauty Trend”, in HuffPost:
Antonyms of prioritize
Forms of prioritize
| third-person singular present | prioritizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | prioritizing |
| past participle | prioritized |
| past | prioritized |
| alternative UK | prioritise |
Origin of prioritize
From priority + -ize. First attested in 1967 as U.S. government jargon, becoming more widespread through the 1970s and ’80s, but still denounced as officialese by purists into the 1990s.
Words formed from prioritize
Questions about prioritize
- What does prioritize mean?
- Prioritize means to value, do, or choose something first, or before other things.
- What is prioritize in Tamil?
- Prioritize in Tamil is முக்கிய வரிசைப்படுத்து. See Prioritize meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use prioritize in a sentence?
- The new one will prioritize silicon extraction and—
- What part of speech is prioritize?
- Prioritize is a verb.
- How do you pronounce prioritize?
- Prioritize is pronounced /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of prioritize?
- The past tense of prioritize is prioritized.
Words near prioritize in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: prioritize (page history and authors); prioritize (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prioritize (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prioritize (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prioritize (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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