prioritize
v.v. to decide which tasks or problems are the most important so you can deal with them first. You do this to manage your time better when you have a lot to do.
v. to designate or treat something as being more important than other items. Often involves the systematic arrangement of tasks in order of urgency or importance.
You need to prioritize your health over your work.
The manager asked the team to prioritize the urgent client requests before finishing the internal report.
In a crisis, emergency services must prioritize life-saving interventions over the preservation of property to ensure the most effective use of limited resources.
From priority + -ize. First attested in 1967 as U.S. government jargon, becoming more widespread through the 1970s and ’80s, but still denounced as officialese by purists into the 1990s.
The verb is transitive and requires a direct object. It is frequently followed by the preposition 'over' when comparing two competing interests.
prioritize about the tasksprioritize the tasksPrioritize is a transitive verb; it acts directly on the object and does not require the preposition 'about'.