The meaning of DEPRIVE is to take something away from. How to use deprive in a sentence.

DEPRIVE definition: 1. to prevent someone from having something, especially something that they need: 2. to prevent…. Learn more.

Deprive means to keep from having. If your little brother gets loud and hyper every time he eats sweets, your parents might deprive him of sugary cereal and candy. Deprive can also mean to …

Synonyms for DEPRIVE: strip, divest, bereave, defraud, abate, denude, cheat, clean (out); Antonyms of DEPRIVE: crown, initiate, invest, install, appoint, elect, designate, enthrone

DEPRIVE meaning: 1. to prevent someone from having something, especially something that they need: 2. to prevent…. Learn more.

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If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it.