triage

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Assessment or sorting according to quality, need, etc., especially to determine how resources will be allocated.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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. (broadly, countable, uncountable) The process of prioritizing bugs to be fixed.
4. (countable, uncountable) That which is picked out, especially broken coffee beans.
5. (British, countable, uncountable) A marshalling yard, classification yard.

Verb

To subject to triage; to prioritize.

Synonyms

grading

separation

classification

sorting

sort

stratification

subsumption

vet

assortment

screening

filter

screen

selection

Translations

triage

triagem

Triage

triage

triage

Selektierung

triagieren

trier

Triage médical

tri médical

triage médical

scelta

assegnazione

priorità

sorteggio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹiː.ɑːʒ/

Etymology

From French triage, from trier (“to sort”).