privilege
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
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mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
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sciences
Etymology: From Middle English privilege, from Anglo-Norman privilege and Old French privilege, from Latin prīvilēgium (“ordinance or law against or in favor of an individual”), from prīvus (“private”) + lēx, lēg- (“law”).
Inflected forms:
form: privileges
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: priviledg
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: priviledge
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: privileges
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: privileging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: privileged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: privileged
pos: verb
tags: past
form: priviledg
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: priviledge
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope.
pos: noun
tags: countable
historical
uncountable
gloss: A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: All first-year professors here must teach four courses a term, yet you're only teaching one! What entitled you to such a privilege?
Special privileges should be reserved for family and village life, while steps should be taken to prevent families and family ownings from being broken up by inheritance.
gloss: An especially rare or fortunate opportunity; the good fortune (to do something).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I had the privilege to sit near him in the House for a small part of his Commons service and there was an additional device provided to aid his participation in debates.
gloss: The fact of being privileged; the status or existence of (now especially social or economic) benefit or advantage within a given society.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: People who at any other time would cling like glue to their miserable scraps of privilege, will surrender them fast enough when their country is in danger.
There is no complexity expressed in the feverish discussions of white privilege that periodically grips South Africa's chattering class.
South Africa's 'miracle transition' has not put an end to white privilege.
gloss: A right or immunity enjoyed by a legislative body or its members.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Dr Grigori Loutchansky is – according to a congressman speaking under congressional privilege – a "purported Russian mob figure".
gloss: A stock market option.
pos: noun
tags: US
archaic
countable
gloss: A common law doctrine that protects certain communications from being used as evidence in court.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Your honor, my client is not required to answer that; her response is protected by attorney-client privilege.
gloss: An ability to perform an action on the system that can be selectively granted or denied to users.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize
pos: verb
tags: archaic
transitive
examples: to privilege representatives from arrest
gloss: To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
gloss: To prioritize.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: “Rolling Stone” is spacious and ethereal but not directionless — it is R&B that privileges mood over structure, soft daubs of feeling over authoritative belting.
Synonyms: claim
liberty
Related words: allege
Derived words: absolute privilege
attorney-client privilege
check your privilege
cis privilege
cisprivilege
cis-privilege
deprivilege
disprivilege
executive privilege
exorbitant privilege
green privilege
immune privilege
immunoprivilege
jester's privilege
legal professional privilege
opinion privilege
passport privilege
Pauline privilege
point of privilege
pretty privilege
privilege day
privilegee
privilege escalation
privileger
privilege walk
privilegism
question of privilege
shopkeeper's privilege
solicitor-client privilege
son of privilege
underprivilege
viatorial privilege
white privilege
white skin privilege
with privilege
writ of privilege
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