triage /ˈtɹiː.ɑːʒ/noun 6verb 1forms 3 noun6 •Assessment or sorting according to quality, need, etc., especially to determine how resources will be allocated.[Mike Davis] notes that the 'late capitalist triage of humanity' has 'already taken place'. — 2007 •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). •The process of prioritizing bugs to be fixed. •A facility within a hospital that screens walk-in patients and determines which department or clinic to send them to. (See also triage center.)I knew where most of the medical supplies were kept. I went to triage. The room was chaos. — 2013 •(UK) A marshalling yard, classification yard. •That which is picked out, especially broken coffee beans. verb1 •To subject to triage; to prioritize.With the ambulance service the calls are triaged, so your response time can be anything from six minutes for a life-threatening call to an hour and a half for a broken limb. — 2020 formstriaged · triaging · triages
