Prioritise

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    British standard spelling of prioritize.

    "Work is being prioritised on the upper concourse at Whitechapel to allow the station's Whitechapel Road entrance to reopen in spring of next year, replacing the temporary entrance in providing access to the Underground and Overground lines."

  2. 2
    assign a priority to wordnet

Synonyms

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Example

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"Try to prioritise these things."

Etymology

From priority + -ise.

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