privileging
privileging is the present participle and gerund of privilege.
Meaning of privilege
Verb
privilege (third-person singular simple present privileges, present participle privileging, simple past and past participle privileged)
- To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize
- to privilege representatives from arrest
- To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.
- To prioritize.
- “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.2022 July 20, Jon Caramanica, “R&B That Sweats, Emotionally and Physically”, in The New York Times
Noun
privileging (plural privilegings)
- The process by which something is made privileged.
- We must not forget such similar privilegings of harmonic elements as the medieval theologian's analogy between the interrelation of musical sounds and the silences punctuating them […]2011, Stephen Gersh, Concord in Discourse
Forms of privileging
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Questions about privileging
- What does privileging mean?
- Privileging means the process by which something is made privileged.
- What is privileging the present participle and gerund of?
- Privileging is the present participle and gerund of privilege.
- What part of speech is privileging?
- Privileging is a noun.
- What is the plural of privileging?
- The plural of privileging is privilegings.
Words near privileging in the dictionary
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