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# deprive

«deprive» in Mova's school dictionary: **to take it away or not let them have it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (deprive, deprives, deprived, depriving)

### meaning for a pupil

To deprive someone of something is to take it away or not let them have it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deprive/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science (plants deprived of light), ethics (depriving people of rights), health (sleep-deprived), punishment talk.

### examples

- Plants deprived of light turn yellow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deprive/#x1)
- You'll be deprived of screen time if you lie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deprive/#x2)
- Many children are deprived of education. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deprive/#x3)
- Sleep-deprived drivers are dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deprive/#x4)
- The war deprived them of their homes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deprive/#x5)
- Being sent to bed early deprived him of the film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deprive/#x6)
- “Sire,” she said, “I am not come to deprive you of the throne you fill so worthily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deprive/#x7)

### note

Pattern: deprive someone of something. Adjective: deprived (poor, lacking basics). Noun: deprivation.

### In the corpora

- ["Deprived area" (official UK) means a poor neighbourhood.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/19-money-and-poverty/20/)
- [Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath He imparted to her understanding.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1075/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «deprive» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deprive/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.