privatise


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Related to privatise: privatized, denationalization

privatise


Past participle: privatised
Gerund: privatising

Imperative
privatise
privatise
Present
I privatise
you privatise
he/she/it privatises
we privatise
you privatise
they privatise
Preterite
I privatised
you privatised
he/she/it privatised
we privatised
you privatised
they privatised
Present Continuous
I am privatising
you are privatising
he/she/it is privatising
we are privatising
you are privatising
they are privatising
Present Perfect
I have privatised
you have privatised
he/she/it has privatised
we have privatised
you have privatised
they have privatised
Past Continuous
I was privatising
you were privatising
he/she/it was privatising
we were privatising
you were privatising
they were privatising
Past Perfect
I had privatised
you had privatised
he/she/it had privatised
we had privatised
you had privatised
they had privatised
Future
I will privatise
you will privatise
he/she/it will privatise
we will privatise
you will privatise
they will privatise
Future Perfect
I will have privatised
you will have privatised
he/she/it will have privatised
we will have privatised
you will have privatised
they will have privatised
Future Continuous
I will be privatising
you will be privatising
he/she/it will be privatising
we will be privatising
you will be privatising
they will be privatising
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been privatising
you have been privatising
he/she/it has been privatising
we have been privatising
you have been privatising
they have been privatising
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been privatising
you will have been privatising
he/she/it will have been privatising
we will have been privatising
you will have been privatising
they will have been privatising
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been privatising
you had been privatising
he/she/it had been privatising
we had been privatising
you had been privatising
they had been privatising
Conditional
I would privatise
you would privatise
he/she/it would privatise
we would privatise
you would privatise
they would privatise
Past Conditional
I would have privatised
you would have privatised
he/she/it would have privatised
we would have privatised
you would have privatised
they would have privatised
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.privatise - change from governmental to private control or ownership; "The oil industry was privatized"
privatize
manufacture, industry - the organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production"
business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"
denationalise, denationalize - put under private control or ownership; "The steel industry was denationalized"
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Translations
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