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triage

noun verb

Assessment or sorting according to quality.

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Word Facts

Word length
6
Starts with
T
Ends with
E
Contains
RI
Scrabble score
7
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

/ˈtɹiː.ɑːʒ/ /tɹiˈɑʒ/

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. Assessment or sorting according to quality.

  2. The process of sorting patients so as to determine the order in which they will be treated (for example, by assigning precedence according to the urgency of illness or injury).

  3. (by extension) The process of prioritizing bugs to be fixed.

  4. That which is picked out, especially broken coffee beans.

verb

  1. To assess or sort according to quality or some other aspect.

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