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to hierarchize

to hierarchize

1 7.7
To put people or things in order by importance
  • verb
  • /ˈhaɪəˌrɑːkaɪz/
translation icon : jerarquizar
  • A medieval theologian would construct a summa that ordered, evaluated, and hierarchized the various claims.

It's like he's like he really does a good job of just like de hierarchizing potential, like hierarchies that can appear.

Examples

  • In Japan, state bureaucratic structures try to build a psychology that hierarchizes, categorizes, and formalizes the sociopolitical environment, thereby supporting an economic rationality demanded by economic nationalism.

    Academic text (1998)

  • In Hollywood, film possibilities tend to be limited and hierarchized, with few options remaining at the end.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Both tropes hierarchize desire, however, by locating the female as the object of male aspirations.

    Academic text (1996)

  • In a philosophical school, the individual has the freedom to fashion herself by referring given values and ideas to free and independent thought, organizing and hierarchizing them according to the power of thought alone.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Clearly, then, the sonnet is about the possibility of hierarchizing change in poetry, psychology, and history; specifically, it posits the question of whether poetic form and historical precedent can and should influence the writing of literature.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The manager decided to hierarchize the tasks based on their urgency and importance.

  • Teachers often hierarchize educational priorities to ensure that the most critical subjects are addressed first.

  • During the meeting, the team began to hierarchize their goals for the upcoming project, placing the most important tasks at the top.

Synonyms

to rank
vsto hierarchize
381 2.4

To put someone or something in an order by importance

orders items into a full hierarchy rather than naming a single position
to order
vsto hierarchize
201 1.0

To put things in a neat sequence

organizes by importance or rank rather than general neat or logical sequence
to prioritize
vsto hierarchize
  • US
77 4.1

Deal with the most important tasks first

sets a stable order by importance or rank rather than urgent handling
to tier
vsto hierarchize
12 3.8

To arrange things in levels one above another, like layers on a cake

orders by importance or rank, not merely by vertical or stacked layers
to levelize
vsto hierarchize
  • US
7.8

To put people and things into groups based on skill or need

arranges by importance or rank, not only by layer or grade
to echelon
vsto hierarchize
7.5

To place people or things in stepped lines

focuses on ordering by importance or rank rather than shape of formation

Antonyms

to disorganize
  • US
4 4.5

To make something lose its order or structure

How Hierarchical

to rank
381 2.4
to hierarchize
1 7.7
to arrange
162 1.7
to group
38 1.2
to leave alone
∞ 2.3

Surface Forms

hierarchize infinitive
hierarchized past
hierarchized past participle
hierarchizing present participle
hierarchizes third person singular

Morphology

hierarchize = hierarchy (transparent) = hierarchy + ize

The verb is a regular formation from the noun 'hierarchy' plus '-ize', meaning to make or arrange hierarchically.

Etymology

Hierarchize comes from hierarchy, which has parts hier- meaning 'sacred' and -arch meaning 'rule' and was first used for church leaders. That's why to hierarchize is to put people or things into levels or ranks of importance.