Search
Select the dictionary language
to privilege
01
to give special advantages or rights to someone or something
Transitive: to privilege sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
action verb
regular
present tense
privilege
3rd person singular
privileges
present participle
privileging
past simple
privileged
past participle
privileged
Examples
The manager privileged certain employees with additional responsibilities.
Privilege
01
a special right, immunity or advantage that only a particular person or group has
Grammatical Information
animacy status
abstract
Composition
Compound
countable
plural form
privileges
Examples
Access to education is a privilege that not everyone has.
02
a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
03
(law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship
Lexical Tree
privileged
privilege
