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Prioritise

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

/praɪˈɒrɪtaɪz/verbCore term

In office & administration, prioritise means: To decide which tasks are the most important or urgent and deal with them first.

In Turkish: önceliklendirmek, öncelik vermek, öncelik sırasına koymak

How it is used

A key skill in admin job ads ("able to prioritise a busy workload"). You prioritise tasks, requests or your workload. Managers say "Please prioritise the board papers." The noun is priority: "top priority", "high priority".

Example sentences

  1. I had twenty requests on Monday morning, so I prioritised the ones due today.

  2. Can you help me prioritise? I can't finish the report and the travel bookings by noon.

Common collocations

  • prioritise tasks
  • prioritise your workload
  • top priority
  • high priority
  • set priorities
  • deadlineThe latest date or time by which a piece of work must be finished, a document submitted or a payment made.
  • adminShort for administration: the everyday organising work of an office, such as emails, filing, scheduling, forms and keeping records up to date.
  • reminderA message or alert that helps someone remember something they need to do, such as attend a meeting, pay an invoice or meet a deadline.
  • chase upTo contact someone again to remind them about something they have not done yet, such as replying, paying or sending a document.

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