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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
prioritize
verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Identify all the tasks you have to do, then prioritize.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But in this contradiction between productivity and safety, between speed and conformity to regulations, which does the corporation prioritize?
▪ If you are one of the best in the world, you prioritize.
▪ So prioritizing, you have to prioritize something in this case you mean just anything right?
▪ There was no fixed pot of money for which projects had to compete and no ranking or prioritizing of projects.
▪ We have to prioritize our time in some of the more violent developments.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
prioritize

1972, apparently coined during the U.S. presidential contest that year, from root of priority + -ize. Related: Prioritized; prioritizing.

Wiktionary
prioritize

vb. 1 (context transitive intransitive English) to arrange or list a group of things in order of priority or importance 2 (context transitive English) to rank something as having high priority

WordNet
prioritize

v. assign a priority to; "we have too many things to do and must prioritize" [syn: prioritise]

Usage examples of "prioritize".

Look at what you have to do for the day, week, month, and prioritize those tasks.

Walsh, as a reminder, you will recall we agreed earlier that as a courtesy to our hosts we would gather, organize and prioritize our questions.

We were checking the inventory--labels, bottles, jugs, and such---and trying to prioritize the bills, but he kept zoning out.

It can prioritize for me by mass or distance or I can set up custom systems.

And it is up to the men and women at the top of the national security hierarchy to prioritize among them.

Another sip as he pondered and prioritized the next three thoughts, without spitting.

Thus prioritized, I checked my notes, and started putting together a couple of potions that would offer me a few hours of protection from the narcotic venom of the Red Court.

Since you offer, I may ask your assistance prioritizing flight clearances.

So I took the Metcalfe file back to the file room without opening it, and then I sat at my desk and prioritized my workload and started on the list of actions.

Cancers and aggravated anorexias were assessed and prioritized, the medical packages distributed accordingly.

While the pilot actually made the shot, the designating specialist—Technical Sergeant May Peters, in this case—guided the computer as it worked with the various inputs and prioritized potential hits.

Remember how they were unable to achieve the victory they wanted in their families until they really, deeply prioritized “family” in their own hearts and minds—inside out?

How do we prioritize and lead our families in significant, productive ways?

When you're a small-town cop trying to ride herd on the whole freakshow in a four-year-old Plymouth cruiser that feels like it's going to fall apart every time you push it over seventy, your job gets prioritized in a hurry, and a guy who likes to play with dead people is a long way from the top of the list.

And it is up to the men and women at the top of the national security hierarchy to prioritize among them.