What part of speech is divesting?

Divesting can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. divesting is a verb, gerund of divest (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does divesting mean?

Definitions

Verb

divest - reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa"
divest - deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights"
divest - take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
divest - remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"

Examples of divesting

#   Sentence  
1. verb The company decided to divest.
2. verb Realists, and this even includes members of the U.S. Democratic foreign policy establishment such as Strobe Talbott, who have long sought to divest India of its defensive capability against another nuclear power in Asia, understand the only feasible solution for Kashmir is the acceptance of the status quo.
3. verb The Board of Trustees voted to divest the organization's overseas holdings.
4. verb Many farmers had to divest themselves of stock during the drought to save on feeding costs.
5. verb The Board of Trustees voted to divest the organization's overseas holdings.
6. verb Many farmers had to divest themselves of stock during the drought to save on feeding costs.
Sentence  
verb
The company decided to divest.
Realists, and this even includes members of the U.S. Democratic foreign policy establishment such as Strobe Talbott, who have long sought to divest India of its defensive capability against another nuclear power in Asia, understand the only feasible solution for Kashmir is the acceptance of the status quo.
The Board of Trustees voted to divest the organization's overseas holdings.
Many farmers had to divest themselves of stock during the drought to save on feeding costs.
The Board of Trustees voted to divest the organization's overseas holdings.
Many farmers had to divest themselves of stock during the drought to save on feeding costs.

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