prioritise
/praɪˈɒrətaɪz/verb
उच्चारण प्राइऑरटाइज़
प्राथमिकता देना
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[I, T]
to put tasks, problems in order of importance, so that you can deal with the most important first; to treat something as being more important than other things
प्राथमिकता देना
- Prioritise your weak subjects.
- You should prioritise the chapters that carry the most marks.
- Students should prioritise sleep during exam week.
+ 2 more examples
- The manager asked us to prioritise urgent customer complaints.
- If you prioritise your tasks, the day feels much less stressful.
Synonyms rank order put first give precedence to focus on
Opposite neglect sideline deprioritize
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
prioritise + sth
Prioritise takes a direct object: the tasks or goals you rank by importance.
'Prioritise' का direct object वह कार्य या लक्ष्य होता है जिसे आप महत्व के क्रम में रखते हैं।
- Prioritise your tasks before you begin.
- The school prioritised student safety.
prioritise + A over B
Use over to show what is put ahead of what.
क्या किससे आगे रखा गया है, यह बताने के लिए over का प्रयोग होता है।
- Radhika prioritised revision over entertainment during exam month.
prioritise + -ing
It can be followed by an -ing form to say which activity is placed first.
इसके बाद -ing रूप आकर बता सकता है कि कौन-सी गतिविधि पहले रखी गई है।
- The team prioritised fixing the bug.
prioritise / prioritize and priority
British spelling is prioritise; the noun is priority, and the plural is priorities.
British वर्तनी 'prioritise' है; noun 'priority' है और उसका plural 'priorities'।
- Health should be our first priority.
+Collocations 4
prioritise + noun
tasksneedsgoalsspendingsafety
- The government must prioritise healthcare.
adverb + prioritise
carefullyclearlywiselyproperlyalways
- You must prioritise carefully when time is short.
learn / need to prioritise
learn toneed tohave totry tomust
- Students need to prioritise in the last weeks before the exam.
prioritise + over / above
overaboveahead ofbefore
- The panchayat prioritised drinking water over road repair.
“More examples 5
- The manager asked the team to prioritise urgent orders.
प्रबंधक ने टीम से तत्काल आदेशों को प्राथमिकता देने को कहा।
- Radhika prioritised her weak subjects in the last month.
राधिका ने अंतिम महीने में अपने कमज़ोर विषयों को प्राथमिकता दी।
- Hospitals prioritise patients in a serious condition.
अस्पताल गंभीर हालत के मरीज़ों को प्राथमिकता देते हैं।
- If you cannot prioritise, you will waste your time.
यदि आप प्राथमिकताएँ तय नहीं कर पाते, तो आप अपना समय बर्बाद करेंगे।
- The budget prioritises roads and schools.
बजट में सड़कों और विद्यालयों को प्राथमिकता दी गई है।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ She prioritised to study before playing.
✓ She prioritised studying before playing.
Prioritise is followed by a noun or -ing form, not a to-infinitive.
'Prioritise' के बाद noun या -ing रूप आता है, to-infinitive नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Prioritise, favour and emphasise all put weight on something, but they are not interchangeable.
Prioritise, favour और emphasise तीनों किसी चीज़ को महत्व देते हैं, पर आपस में बदले नहीं जा सकते।
To put things in order of importance and act on them in that order.
चीज़ों को महत्व के क्रम में रखकर उसी क्रम में काम करना।
- Prioritise your tasks.
To prefer one person or thing, sometimes unfairly.
किसी एक व्यक्ति या वस्तु को पसंद करना, कभी-कभी अनुचित रूप से।
- The teacher favoured no one.
emphasise
To stress a point so people notice it.
किसी बात पर बल देना ताकि लोग उसे ध्यान में रखें।
- He emphasised punctuality.
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
pri·or·i·tise
?Which word?
Keep the order words together: prioritize, rank, give precedence to (treat as more important), put first, triage (decide the order of treating patients based on urgency).
क्रम के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: prioritize, rank, give precedence to (अधिक महत्वपूर्ण मानना), put first, triage (तत्कालता के आधार पर मरीज़ों के इलाज का क्रम तय करना)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Top priority, high priority, get your priorities right.
Top priority (सबसे पहली प्राथमिकता), high priority (ऊँची प्राथमिकता) और get your priorities right (समझना कि कौन-सा काम सबसे ज़रूरी है) priority के आम collocations हैं।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Exam tip: prioritize topics by their weightage in previous papers.
परीक्षा युक्ति: पिछले प्रश्नपत्रों में भार के आधार पर विषयों को प्राथमिकता दें।