prioritize.
To value, do, or choose something first, or before other things.
Meaning & usage
To value, do, or choose something first, or before other things.
When I don't have time to buy everything at the store, I prioritize fresh fruit and vegetables over foods like rice or noodles.
To arrange or list a group of things in order of priority or importance.
To rank something as having high priority.
Where this word comes from
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.
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