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# privilege

«privilege» in Mova's school dictionary: **A special right or advantage that only some people have** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a privilege, privileges); verb (privilege, privileges, privileged, privileging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A special right or advantage that only some people have. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/privilege/#m1)

2) Something that makes you feel honoured and lucky: «It was a privilege to meet her.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/privilege/#m2)

3) An advantage some people have in life because of money, family or where they were born. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/privilege/#m3)

4) (law) A legal right, such as keeping some talk secret. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/privilege/#m4)

5) verb To treat one person or thing as more important than others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/privilege/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

At school, privileges are rewards: staying in at break, being a monitor, golden time; bad behaviour can mean losing privileges. In ethics, pupils talk about privilege and fairness. Phrases: «lose your privileges», «an honour and a privilege», «a privileged background», «screen privileges».

### examples

- Year 6 pupils have the privilege of using the big field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/privilege/#x1)
- If you misbehave, you will lose your screen privileges. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/privilege/#x2)
- It was a privilege to sing in the cathedral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/privilege/#x3)
- Driving is a privilege, not a right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/privilege/#x4)
- Some children grow up with more privilege than others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/privilege/#x5)
- The headteacher said it was a privilege to lead our school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/privilege/#x6)
- The prefects' privileges include their own common room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/privilege/#x7)
- Prisoner though he was, the King of the Sheep had still some powers and privileges. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/privilege/#x8)

### note

Spelling trap: privi-LEGE, no «d» (not «priviledge»). Countable for special rights; uncountable for advantage in life. Adjective «privileged» (lucky, with advantages). A privilege can be taken away; a right should not be.

### Trees and pragmatics

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