"privatize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈpɹaɪvətaɪz/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-privatize.wav Forms: privatizes [present, singular, third-person], privatizing [participle, present], privatized [participle, past], privatized [past]
Etymology: From private + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|private|ize}} private + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} privatize (third-person singular simple present privatizes, present participle privatizing, simple past and past participle privatized), {{tlb|en|American spelling|Oxford British spelling}} (American spelling, Oxford British English)
  1. (economics) To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US Categories (topical): Economics Translations (to release government control to private industry): خَصْخَصَ (ḵaṣḵaṣa) (Arabic), սեփականաշնորհել (sepʻakanašnorhel) (Armenian), privatizar (Asturian), özəlləşdirmək (Azerbaijani), прыватызава́ць (pryvatyzavácʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Belarusian), приватизи́рам (privatizíram) [imperfective, perfective] (Bulgarian), privatitzar (Catalan), 私有化 (sīyǒuhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 民營化 (Chinese Mandarin), 民营化 (mínyínghuà) (Chinese Mandarin), privatizovat [imperfective, perfective] (Czech), privatiseren (Dutch), privatigi (Esperanto), yksityistää (Finnish), privatiser (French), privatizar (Galician), privatisieren (German), αποκρατικοποιώ (apokratikopoió) (Greek), privatizál (Hungarian), magánosít (Hungarian), privatizzare (Italian), 私営化する (shieika suru) (Japanese), 民営化する (min'eika suru) (Japanese), 민영화하다 (minyeonghwahada) (Korean), приватизи́ра (privatizíra) [imperfective, perfective] (Macedonian), privatizar (Occitan), prywatyzować [imperfective, perfective] (Polish), privatizar (Portuguese), приватизи́ровать (privatizírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), privatizovať [imperfective, perfective] (Slovak), sprivatizovať [perfective] (Slovak), privatizar (Spanish), piñatizar [Guatemala] (Spanish), privatisera (Swedish), özelleştirmek (Turkish), приватизува́ти (pryvatyzuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-privatize-en-verb-DJ7kQsXv Topics: economics, sciences Disambiguation of 'to release government control to private industry': 79 13 8
  2. (computing, transitive) To render (a variable, etc.) private in scope. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-privatize-en-verb-LTlrxPz- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Oxford spellings, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 58 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 26 54 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 59 19 Disambiguation of Oxford spellings: 10 82 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 4 16 3 34 4 34 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 15 2 38 3 38 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 18 68 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 14 69 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 14 70 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 14 69 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 14 70 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 69 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 15 70 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 15 64 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 17 67 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 13 76 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 70 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 67 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 14 70 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 75 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 19 63 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 63 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 13 76 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 13 76 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 14 70 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 14 69 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 15 67 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 13 75 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 15 63 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 14 69 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 76 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 14 69 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 73 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 13 71 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 13 71 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 15 70 16 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. (transitive, uncommon) To render a thought or an idea, private in scope. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive, uncommon
    Sense id: en-privatize-en-verb-khQDUT4C
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: denationalize, privatise (english: non-Oxford British English) [Commonwealth] Derived forms: privatization, privatizer, self-privatize

Verb [Galician]

Head templates: {{head|gl|verb form}} privatize
  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of privatizar:
    first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: privatizar
    Sense id: en-privatize-gl-verb-7jBnOENv Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Galician entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 4 16 3 34 4 34 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 15 2 38 3 38 3 Disambiguation of Galician entries with incorrect language header: 85 15
  2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of privatizar:
    third-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: privatizar
    Sense id: en-privatize-gl-verb-pb3t7CKv

Verb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} privatize
  1. inflection of privatizar:
    first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: privatizar
    Sense id: en-privatize-pt-verb-7jBnOENv Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 4 16 3 34 4 34 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 15 2 38 3 38 3 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 85 15
  2. inflection of privatizar:
    third-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: privatizar
    Sense id: en-privatize-pt-verb-pb3t7CKv

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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