Divest — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

take away possessions from someone

deprive of status or authority

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪklˈɛɹ/

🇬🇧British English

/daɪvˈɛst/

🇮🇳Indian English

/daɪvˈɛst/

2 syllables Say it as /ɪklˈɛɹ/.

Examples

The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets
he was divested of his rights and his title
They disinvested themselves of their rights

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

strip undress disinvest deprive

Antonyms

invest

Parts of Speech

verb	take away possessions from someone “The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets”
verb	deprive of status or authority “he was divested of his rights and his title”
verb	reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment) “The company decided to divest”
verb	remove (someone's or one's own) clothes “The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim”

Word Forms

deprivation	noun	a state of extreme poverty
divestiture	noun	an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior
disinvestment	noun	the withdrawal of capital from a country or corporation
strip	noun	a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music
undress	noun	partial or complete nakedness

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

veräußern

jemandem Besitz wegnehmen

🇫🇷French

dépouiller

enlever les biens de quelqu'un

🇪🇸Spanish

despojar

quitarle posesiones a alguien

🇮🇹Italian

cedere

togliere beni a qualcuno

🇳🇱Dutch

afstoten

bezittingen van iemand afpakken

🇵🇹Portuguese

desinvestir

tirar bens de alguém

🇷🇺Russian

избавляться от

отобрать имущество у кого-либо

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ले लेना

किसी से संपत्ति छीन लेना

🇧🇩Bengali

অপসারণ

কারো কাছ থেকে সম্পত্তি কেড়ে নেওয়া

🇮🇳Tamil

விலக்கு

ஒருவரிடமிருந்து உடைமைகளை எடுத்துக் கொள்ளுங்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

విడిచిపెట్టు

ఒకరి నుండి ఆస్తులను తీసివేయండి

🇮🇳Marathi

वळवणे

एखाद्याकडून मालमत्ता काढून घ्या

🇮🇳Gujarati

ડાઇવેસ્ટ

કોઈની પાસેથી સંપત્તિ છીનવી લેવી

🇮🇳Kannada

ತೆರವು

ಯಾರೊಬ್ಬರಿಂದ ಆಸ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಕಸಿದುಕೊಳ್ಳಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഒഴിവാക്കുക

ഒരാളിൽ നിന്ന് സ്വത്തുക്കൾ എടുക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵੰਡਣਾ

ਕਿਸੇ ਤੋਂ ਜਾਇਦਾਦ ਖੋਹ ਲਓ

🇵🇰Urdu

تقسیم

کسی سے مال چھین لینا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

撤资

拿走某人的财产

🇯🇵Japanese

ダイベスト

人から所有物を取り上げる

🇰🇷Korean

벗기다

누군가의 소유물을 빼앗다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thoái vốn

lấy đi tài sản của ai đó

🇹🇭Thai

ขายออกไป

แย่งชิงทรัพย์สินจากใครบางคน

🇮🇩Indonesian

melepaskan

mengambil harta milik seseorang

🇵🇭Filipino

mag divest

kumuha ng mga ari-arian mula sa isang tao

🇲🇾Malay

melupuskan

mengambil harta dari seseorang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تجريد

أخذ الممتلكات من شخص ما

🇮🇷Persian

واگذار کردن

اموال را از کسی بگیر

🇹🇷Turkish

elden çıkarmak

birinin eşyasını elinden almak

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְהוֹקִיעַ

לקחת רכוש ממישהו

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