triage

1. 1.

   sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food

   Broadersorting

Other forms of triage

plural

triages·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about triage

What does triage mean?

triage means "sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food".

How many syllables are in triage?

triage has 2 syllables: tri-age. The stress falls on "tri". In IPA it is /ˈtɹaɪɪdʒ/.

Is triage a common word?

triage is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.