1
a
: the sorting of and allocation of treatment to patients and especially battle and disaster victims according to a system of priorities designed to maximize the number of survivors
b
: the sorting of patients (as in an emergency room) according to the urgency of their need for care
2
: the assigning of priority order to projects on the basis of where funds and other resources can be best used, are most needed, or are most likely to achieve success
triage
transitive verb
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Nurses do triage in the emergency room.
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 3 Jan. 2025
And the real world of software development is far more interactive and complex, with many teams working together to co-design, triage, and collaboratively solve large-scale problems.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Dec. 2024
This program tends to only have a limited amount of emergency funding available, after which point WIC administrators begin to triage support to individuals with the greatest needs.
—Marley Jay, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
Similarly, advancements in automation and machine learning into detection response and security incident event management (SIEM) tools, among others, are able to streamline processes, triage alerts and automatically enforce additional controls for further investigation.
—Jaushin Lee, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Triage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triage. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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1
: the sorting of and allocation of treatment to patients and especially battle and disaster victims according to a system of priorities designed to maximize the number of survivors
2
: the sorting of patients (as in an emergency room) according to the urgency of their need for care
triage
transitive verb
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