Collocations for "prioritize"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "prioritize" in context.
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prioritize
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- prioritize [quality] over [quantity]
- failed to prioritize [safety, security]
- prioritize [an area, land] for [development, expansion]
- prioritizing [this project, it] based on the (current) need for
- prioritized [this project] to [avoid, improve, speed up]
- prioritize [tasks, efforts, projects, work]
- the way in which [tasks] are prioritized
- learn (how) to prioritize [tasks]
- the [department, workers] prioritized their [tasks]
- prioritize and [schedule, handle] tasks
- prioritize in [ascending, descending] order
- prioritize your [goals, time] (properly)
- the way people prioritize their [goals]
- was not prioritized very well
'prioritize' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):