"privatize" meaning in English

See privatize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɹaɪvətaɪz/ [General-American] 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)
  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
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  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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "privatization"
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        "(economics) To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry."
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵaṣḵaṣa",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "خَصْخَصَ"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "sepʻakanašnorhel",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "սեփականաշնորհել"
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      "code": "ast",
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      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatizar"
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      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "özəlləşdirmək"
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      "roman": "pryvatyzavácʹ",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "tags": [
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        "perfective"
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      "word": "прыватызава́ць"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "privatizíram",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
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      "word": "приватизи́рам"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatitzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sīyǒuhuà",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "私有化"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "民營化"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mínyínghuà",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "民营化"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "tags": [
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        "perfective"
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      "word": "privatizovat"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatiseren"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "yksityistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatiser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apokratikopoió",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "αποκρατικοποιώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatizál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "magánosít"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shieika suru",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "私営化する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "min'eika suru",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "民営化する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "minyeonghwahada",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "민영화하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "privatizíra",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "приватизи́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "prywatyzować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "privatizírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "приватизи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "privatizovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sprivatizovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "tags": [
        "Guatemala"
      ],
      "word": "piñatizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatisera"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "özelleştirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryvatyzuváty",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "приватизува́ти"
    }
  ],
  "word": "privatize"
}

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