(transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
Used in a Sentence
depriving
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for depriving.
Editorial note
Running a red is literally shortening the cyclist's life by depriving him or her from the foregone physical activity.
Examples19
Definitions3
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of depriving gathered in one view.
(transitive) To bereave.
(transitive) To degrade (a clergyman) from office.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for depriving.
verb
(transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
verb
(transitive) To bereave.
verb
(transitive) To degrade (a clergyman) from office.
Example sentences
Running a red is literally shortening the cyclist's life by depriving him or her from the foregone physical activity.
Depriving a Haskell programmer of the ability to define new macros is going to hurt a whole lot less than depriving a Lisp programmer of the same.
Instead, you're forced to write an actual `fn` definition, depriving you of the practicality and conciseness of closure syntax.
If not, the habit will actually make you feel bad by depriving you from various hormones that make you feel happy.
If my modification of that content is depriving them of income, then that's a flaw in their business model, not my ethics.
With the car analogy, you are depriving the owner of exclusive use of it.
If you're not there, you're depriving them of the ability to interact with you.
Hubel and Wiesel showed that depriving cats of stereo cues during a critical period prevented development of depth perception based on parallax info.
With code, you are depriving the owner of exclusive use of it.
So you're not really depriving them of anything if you walk.
It's not like you're depriving it of senses it once had.
I'd also argue that stealing code is depriving the owner the control of the code.
Quote examples
Describing it as "Depriving one's brain or body of oxygen" is accurate, but very misleading.
Entrepreneurs who avoid rejection are essentially depriving themselves of important “learning moments”.
Then they call it "technical debt," as if there was anything technical about depriving employees of sleep, health, and their life outside the company.
Didn’t you just want to hug that person?" I, actually, wanted to severely beat that person for depriving me precious silent time alone to think about the decision.
Proper noun examples
Depriving a brain or body of oxygen is quite literally exercise, just phrased to sound more scary.
Depriving a child of the opportunity of tackling a hard problem is the worst abuse you can do to a developing mind.
Depriving a child of this, and by extension of a normal parent-child connection, in the name of some arbitrary curiosity strikes me as perverse.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use depriving in a sentence?
Running a red is literally shortening the cyclist's life by depriving him or her from the foregone physical activity.
What does depriving mean?
(transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
What part of speech is depriving?
depriving is commonly used as verb.