triage
part of speech
noun (triage — uncountable); verb (triage, triages, triaged, triaging)
meaning for a pupil
1) Triage is deciding the order in which sick or injured people are treated, based on who needs help most urgently, as in a hospital emergency department or after a disaster. tree →
2) (general) Triage means sorting any problems or jobs into order of importance so the most urgent are dealt with first. tree →
3) (verb) To triage means to sort patients or jobs in this way. tree →
sense in the lessons
In health and first-aid lessons, triage explains why, in A and E, a badly hurt person is seen before someone who arrived earlier with a small cut: it is fair because it is about need. In everyday and work life, teachers, IT helpers and parents also "triage" jobs. Phrases: "triage nurse", "in triage", "triage system".
examples
- At A and E, a triage nurse checked how ill I was. tree →
- Triage means the most urgent patients are seen first. tree →
- After the earthquake, doctors set up triage tents. tree →
- Someone with a broken leg may wait while a heart attack patient is treated; that's triage. tree →
- The help desk triaged all the computer problems. tree →
- Mum triaged the chores: dinner first, washing later. tree →
- The paramedics did triage at the scene of the crash. tree →
note
Uncountable noun; verb is regular: triaged. From French "trier" (to sort). Pronounced "TREE-ahzh". Being seen later in triage does not mean you are not important; it means others are in more danger.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «triage» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.