"privatize" meaning in English

See privatize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɹaɪvətaɪz/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-privatize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: privatizes [present, singular, third-person], privatizing [participle, present], privatized [participle, past], privatized [past], privatise [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English private Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English privatize From private + -ize. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|private|-ize|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English private Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English privatize [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-id-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-idyéti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íďďō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ζω", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "-izō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-iser", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-isen", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "privatize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="privatize"> From 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 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 /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), menswastakan (Malay), хувьчлах (xuvʹčlax) (Mongolian), 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), tư nhân hoá (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-privatize-en-verb-DJ7kQsXv Categories (other): Economics, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 36 35 30 Topics: economics, sciences Disambiguation of 'to release government control to private industry': 80 13 7
  2. (computing, transitive) To render (a variable, etc.) private in scope. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
    Sense id: en-privatize-en-verb-LTlrxPz- Categories (other): Computing, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Oxford spellings, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, 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 Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Mongolian 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, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 29 50 21 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 31 44 26 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 31 44 26 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 61 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 36 35 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 57 22 Disambiguation of Oxford spellings: 6 86 7 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 18 63 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 4 16 4 33 5 33 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 15 2 37 3 37 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 21 59 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 13 73 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 13 71 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 17 68 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 13 71 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 13 73 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 71 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 15 72 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 13 71 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 17 65 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 13 74 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 73 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 64 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 13 73 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 73 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 18 64 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 16 67 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 13 74 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 13 74 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 12 72 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 13 71 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 12 72 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 17 67 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 17 65 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 13 73 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 65 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 14 71 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 74 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 13 71 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 71 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 13 74 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 13 74 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 13 71 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 12 72 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 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 36 35 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: denationalize Derived forms: privatizable, privatization, privatizer, reprivatize, self-privatize, semiprivatized, unprivatize

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
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          "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
          "word": "privatigi"
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          "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
          "word": "yksityistää"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
          "word": "privatisieren"
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          "_dis1": "80 13 7",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "roman": "apokratikopoió",
          "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
          "word": "αποκρατικοποιώ"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
          "word": "privatizál"
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          "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
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          "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
          "word": "privatizzare"
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          "_dis1": "80 13 7",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "shieika suru",
          "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
          "word": "私営化する"
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          "_dis1": "80 13 7",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "min'eika suru",
          "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
          "word": "民営化する"
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          "_dis1": "80 13 7",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
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          "roman": "minyeonghwahada",
          "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
          "word": "민영화하다"
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          "_dis1": "80 13 7",
          "code": "mk",
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          "roman": "privatizíra",
          "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
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          "word": "приватизи́ра"
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          "code": "ms",
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          "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
          "word": "menswastakan"
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          "roman": "xuvʹčlax",
          "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
          "word": "хувьчлах"
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          "lang_code": "oc",
          "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
          "word": "privatizar"
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          "_dis1": "80 13 7",
          "code": "pl",
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          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
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          "word": "prywatyzować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 13 7",
          "code": "pt",
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          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
          "word": "privatizar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "80 13 7",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "privatizírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
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          "word": "приватизи́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 13 7",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
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          "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
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          "word": "privatizovať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 13 7",
          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
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          "word": "sprivatizovať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 13 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
          "word": "privatizar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 13 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
          "tags": [
            "Guatemala"
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          "word": "piñatizar"
        },
        {
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      "word": "սեփականաշնորհել"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "lang_code": "az",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "özəlləşdirmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "lang_code": "be",
      "roman": "pryvatyzavácʹ",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прыватызава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "privatizíram",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "приватизи́рам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatitzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "sīyǒuhuà",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "私有化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "mínyínghuà",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "民營化 /民营化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "privatizovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatiseren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "yksityistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatiser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "apokratikopoió",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "αποκρατικοποιώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatizál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "magánosít"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "shieika suru",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "私営化する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "min'eika suru",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "民営化する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "minyeonghwahada",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "민영화하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "privatizíra",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "приватизи́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "lang_code": "ms",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "menswastakan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "lang_code": "mn",
      "roman": "xuvʹčlax",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "хувьчлах"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "prywatyzować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "privatizírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "приватизи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "privatizovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sprivatizovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "tags": [
        "Guatemala"
      ],
      "word": "piñatizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "privatisera"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "özelleştirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "pryvatyzuváty",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "приватизува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "to release government control to private industry",
      "word": "tư nhân hoá"
    }
  ],
  "word": "privatize"
}

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