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prioritization

prioritization

5 4.2
Choosing the most important tasks and doing them first
  • noun
  • /praɪˌɔːrɪtaɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • US
translation icon : priorización
  • She understood that prioritization of her homework assignments would help her meet the deadlines.
  • prioritization scheme
  • prioritization criteria
  • prioritization process

And until the prioritization changes, it won't happen.

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Examples

  • I think that's led to a lack of prioritization for the arts as an educational force.

  • Effective prioritization of tasks can significantly improve productivity in the workplace.

  • So strategy is just prioritization of resources.

  • Running a business is about learning fiscal prioritization.

  • I want to emphasize that prioritization of learning requires sacrifice.

  • Key to MNRC's success is the prioritization process developed in the second year of its operation.

    Academic text (2007)
  • There is controversy, however, over the relative prioritization of objectives in physical education.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The principles of opportunity cost and marginal benefit are critical to the discussion of service prioritization in socialized health care.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Proper prioritization of diagnoses and a more transparent process are two methods of evaluating nursing documentation.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The committee's prioritization of community projects focused on healthcare and education.

Synonyms

priority
vsprioritization
831 3.7

A thing you think is more important and should be done first

is the act of choosing and doing most important tasks first
precedence
vsprioritization
33 6.4

Being more important and put before others

is the active process of deciding task order and doing them first
primacy
vsprioritization
14 8.0

A state of being more important than other things or people

is the act of ordering and doing multiple tasks, not only the top one
order of priority
vsprioritization
1 3.4

A way to arrange tasks by how important or urgent they are

is the decision process of ranking and handling tasks first
precedency
vsprioritization
8.5

The right to come before others in time, order, or rank

is the choice and action of putting tasks ahead and doing them first

How Prioritized

triage
  • Specialized
37 6.8
prioritization
  • US
5 4.2
sorting
22 2.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

prioritization = prioritize (transparent) = prior + itize + ation

The noun is formed from the verb 'prioritize' by adding the suffix '-ation', indicating the process or action.

Etymology

Prioritization comes from prior ('earlier' or 'before') and the related word priority ('the thing that comes first'), which gives the idea of putting tasks in order. So prioritization means deciding which tasks are most important and doing them 'first'.