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triaging

triaging is the present participle and gerund of triage.

Meaning of triage

Verb

triage (third-person singular simple present triages, present participle triaging, simple past and past participle triaged)

  1. To subject to triage; to prioritize.
    • Then, over 2001 and '02, he laid off 150 employees at MGI Software, a company he'd first "triaged" as a consultant for NPV Associates with his partner and fellow UCC alumnus Henry Eaton, before stepping in as CEO. Firing 30 per cent of the work force was necessary to save the company, insists NPV...2009 February 1, Linda Diebel, “Existential crises and a rage to save the Liberals”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 19 Sep 2010

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Questions about triaging

What is triaging the present participle and gerund of?
Triaging is the present participle and gerund of triage.

Words near triaging in the dictionary

  1. triage centers
  2. triaged
  3. triager
  4. triagers
  5. triages
  6. triaging
  7. triagonal
  8. triakid
  9. triakids
  10. triakis icosahedron
  11. triakis octahedron

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