reprioritize

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verb

To arrange things in a new order of importance; to prioritize again.

OriginEnglish prioritize ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbreprioritize (third-person singular simple present reprioritizes, present participle reprioritizing, simple past and past participle reprioritized)

present singular third person reprioritizes · participle present reprioritizing · participle past reprioritized · past reprioritized · alternative reprioritise

  1. transitiveTo arrange things in a new order of importance; to prioritize again.

    1986, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I feel the year is shot...that I better re-prioritize all those things I've been putting off "until I'm all healed up."

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishprioritize
  7. Englishreprioritize

From re- + prioritize.

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APA

reprioritize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reprioritize

MLA

“reprioritize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reprioritize. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reprioritize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reprioritize.

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