prioritize

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [pɹaɪˈɒɹ.taɪz]
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• Canada, General-American: /pɹaɪˈoɹ.ə.taɪz/
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• Canada, General-American: [pɹaɪˈoɹ.taɪz]
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• Australian: /pɹɑeˈɔɹ.ə.tɑez/
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• New-Zealand: /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/
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• New-Zealand: [pɹɑe̯ˈɔ̟ɹətɑe̯z]
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From priority + -ize. First attested in 1967 as U.S. government jargon, becoming more widespread through the 1970s and ’80s, but still denounced as officialese by purists into the 1990s.

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: приоритизи́рам (prioritizíram) — to arrange or list in order of priority or importance
• Chinese Mandarin: 優先考慮 /优先考虑 (yōuxiān kǎolǜ) — to arrange or list in order of priority or importance
• Czech: stanovit pořadí důležitosti — to arrange or list in order of priority or importance
• Czech: stanovit priority — to arrange or list in order of priority or importance
• Esperanto: laŭprioritatigi — to arrange or list in order of priority or importance
• Finnish: priorisoida — to arrange or list in order of priority or importance
• Finnish: asettaa/laittaa tärkeysjärjestykseen — to arrange or list in order of priority or importance
• French: prioriser — to arrange or list in order of priority or importance
• German: nach Wichtigkeit aufreihen — to arrange or list in order of priority or importance
• German: nach Wichtigkeit anordnen — to arrange or list in order of priority or importance
• Greek: προτεραιοποιώ (proteraiopoió) — to arrange or list in order of priority or importance
• Māori: whakaarotau — to arrange or list in order of priority or importance
• Portuguese: priorizar — to arrange or list in order of priority or importance
• Russian: приоритизи́ровать (prioritizírovatʹ) — to arrange or list in order of priority or importance
• Spanish: priorizar — to arrange or list in order of priority or importance
• Swedish: prioritera — to arrange or list in order of priority or importance
• Turkish: önceliklendirmek — to arrange or list in order of priority or importance
• Catalan: prioritzar — to rank as having priority
• Chinese Mandarin: 確定優先順序 /确定优先顺序 (quèdìng yōuxiān shùnxù) — to rank as having priority
• Czech: upřednostňovat — to rank as having priority
• Esperanto: prioritatigi — to rank as having priority
• Finnish: priorisoida — to rank as having priority
• French: prioriser — to rank as having priority
• Galician: priorizar — to rank as having priority
• German: priorisieren — to rank as having priority
• German: vorrangig behandeln — to rank as having priority
• German: den Vorrang geben — to rank as having priority
• Greek: προτεραιοποιώ (proteraiopoió) — to rank as having priority
• Japanese: 優先させる (yūsen saseru) — to rank as having priority
• Russian: приоритизи́ровать (prioritizírovatʹ) — to rank as having priority
• Spanish: priorizar — to rank as having priority
• Swedish: prioritera — to rank as having priority