Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

privatise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables: pri-va-tise
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of privatize.

British usage

Example Sentences

"In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised."
"A senior rail source said: "Frankly, no one believes being on the government books is temporary. The only bits of the railway still genuinely privatised are the freight trains and the rolling stock owners."

Etymology

From private + -ise.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

privatises (present, singular) privatising (participle, present) privatised (participle, past) privatised (past)

Derived Forms

privatisation reprivatise

Synonyms

denationalise privatize

Antonyms

nationalise

Questions

What does privatise mean?: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of privatize.
Where does privatise come from?: From private + -ise.

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