prioritise

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English

Etymology

priority +‎ -ise

Verb

prioritise (third-person singular simple present prioritises, present participle prioritising, simple past and past participle prioritised)

  1. (British spelling) Alternative form of prioritize
    Antonym: deprioritise
    • 2019 October, Dan Harvey, “Crossrail Update: Whitechapel barrels on”, in Modern Railways:
      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.
    • 2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:
      The principle of prioritising longer-distance trains by cutting services to wayside stations (often leading directly to their closure) is not new.

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