prioritizing
優先順位を付ける
解説 Definition
prioritizing は prioritize（優先順位を付ける、優先する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。仕事や課題の重要度を決める場面でよく使われ、何を先に扱うかを明確にする意味があります。
The present participle or gerund of prioritize, meaning deciding which tasks, needs, or concerns are most important and should be dealt with first. It can describe an action in progress or the activity of arranging matters by importance.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 prioritize の語末の無音の e を取って -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞です。priority（優先事項）と結び付け、「重要度を決めて先に扱う」と覚えます。prioritizing safety や prioritizing tasks のように、何を優先するかを直後に置く用法が典型的です。
Connect prioritizing with priority: when you are prioritizing tasks, you are deciding which ones have priority and should come first. It is formed from prioritize by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing. Picture a team sorting tasks into “urgent,” “important,” and “later” groups. Common patterns such as prioritizing safety, prioritizing urgent repairs, and prioritizing tasks reinforce that the object names the thing being given earlier or greater attention.
例文
The team is prioritizing urgent repairs this week.
チームは今週、緊急の修理を優先しています。
Prioritizing safety helped the project avoid serious problems.
安全を優先したことで、そのプロジェクトは重大な問題を避けられました。
She spent the morning prioritizing tasks for the new campaign.
彼女は午前中、新しいキャンペーンの作業に優先順位を付けていました。
prioritizing の類義語・関連語
prioritizing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語の「prior（より前）」に、名詞化接尾辞-ityと動詞化接尾辞-izeが結合して派生しました。「先に置く＝重要度が高い順に並べる」という語源イメージが、そのまま現在の意味へと直結しています。関連語にprior（事前の）やprime（主要な）があります。
Prioritizing is the -ing form of prioritize, created by dropping the final silent e before adding -ing. Prioritize was formed from priority with the verb-forming suffix -ize. Priority ultimately comes through French and Medieval Latin from Latin prior, meaning “former” or “earlier.” The development from being earlier in order to receiving greater importance explains the modern sense of deciding what should be handled first.
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