Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense deprives, present participle depriving, past tense, past participle deprived
verb
If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it.
The disintegration of the Soviet Union deprived western intelligence agencies oftheir main enemies. [V n of n]
They've been deprived of the fuel necessary to heat their homes. [VERB noun + of]
Synonyms: dispossess, rob, strip, divest More Synonyms of deprive
deprive in British English
(dɪˈpraɪv)
verb(transitive)
1. (foll by of)
to prevent from possessing or enjoying; dispossess (of)
2. archaic
to remove from rank or office; depose; demote
Derived forms
deprivable (deˈprivable)
adjective
deprival (deˈprival)
noun
depriver (deˈpriver)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin dēprīvāre, from Latin de- + prīvāre to deprive of, rob; see private
deprive in American English
(diˈpraɪv; dɪˈpraɪv)
verb transitiveWord forms: deˈprived or deˈpriving
1.
to take something away from forcibly; dispossess
to deprive someone of his property
2.
to keep from having, using, or enjoying
to be deprived of one's rights
3.
to remove from office, esp. ecclesiastical office
Word origin
ME depriven < ML(Ec) deprivare < L de-, intens. + privare, to deprive, separate: see private
Examples of 'deprive' in a sentence
deprive
Some are pupils at schools in highly deprived areas.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Those from deprived backgrounds are particularly affected.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Officials to represent those from deprived backgrounds are springing up at university unions around the country.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Those from the most deprived areas were also twice as likely to have problems with their heart than those in rich ones.
The Sun (2016)
New research suggests those from the most deprived areas are 30 per cent more likely to suffer.
The Sun (2016)
He came from a deprived area ; he understood me and my situation.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But they are reticent about raising bills, particularly in deprived areas where residents are already struggling financially but few can afford their own care home bills.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It would be easy to site new English grammars in deprived areas and encourage primaries to prepare a working-class intake for the test.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The victims were all from deprived backgrounds.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
How many young people from socially deprived areas have access to the winter sports?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And the problem is worse in the more deprived areas of the country.
The Sun (2014)
It serves quite a deprived area with a wide diversity of young people and has had some huge issues over the years.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Which of all the British poets came from the most deprived background?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The MPs deny students from deprived backgrounds receive unfair treatment.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
So not a deprived background, but not excessive either.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Ministers hope that a more generous grants system from next year will help to encourage students from deprived backgrounds to apply to university.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He took me and my mum and my brother out of a very, very deprived background through sheer hard graft.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Alternatively, rather than depriving yourself of something delicious, why not opt for a different fish.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I always felt like I was depriving myself of something.
The Sun (2013)
In other languages
deprive
British English: deprive VERB
If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it.
They've been deprived of the fuel necessary to heat their homes.
American English: deprive
Brazilian Portuguese: privar
Chinese: 剥夺
European Spanish: privar
French: priver
German: berauben
Italian: privare
Japanese: 奪う
Korean: 박탈하다
European Portuguese: privar
Latin American Spanish: privar
Chinese translation of 'deprive'
deprive
(dɪˈpraɪv)
vt
to deprive sb of sth剥(剝)夺(奪)某人某物 (bōduó mǒurén mǒuwù)
to deprive o.s. (of sth)(对(對)某物)自我克制 ((duì mǒuwù) zìwǒ kèzhì)
(verb)
They've been deprived of the fuel necessary to heat their homes.
Synonyms
dispossess
people who were dispossessed of their land
rob
I can't forgive her for robbing me of an Olympic gold.
strip
The government is slowly stripping us of our rights.
divest
They were divested of all their personal possessions.
expropriate
despoil (formal)
the modern day industry which has despoiled the town
bereave
Additional synonyms
in the sense of despoil
Definition
to plunder
the modern day industry which has despoiled the town
Synonyms
plunder,
destroy,
strip,
rob,
devastate,
wreck,
rifle,
deprive,
loot,
trash (slang),
total (slang),
ravage,
dispossess,
pillage,
divest,
denude,
vandalize,
wreak havoc upon
in the sense of divest
Definition
to deprive of a role, function, or quality
They were divested of all their personal possessions.
Synonyms
deprive,
strip,
dispossess,
despoil (formal)
in the sense of rob
Definition
to deprive, esp. of something deserved
I can't forgive her for robbing me of an Olympic gold.