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How to pronounce “divest”
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Pronunciation guide for divest
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of divest with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- How conscious investors can turn up the heat and make companies change
And despite a decade of several high-profile divestitures
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
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How to pronounce divest
How conscious investors can turn up the heat and make companies change
And despite a decade of several high-profile divestitures
Example Sentences
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Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
- (transitive, finance) To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary.
- (transitive, archaic) To undress.
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