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private

[ prahy-vit ]

adjective

  1. belonging to some particular person:

    private property.

  2. pertaining to or affecting a particular person or a small group of persons; individual; personal:

    for your private satisfaction.

    Synonyms: , ,

    Antonyms: ,

  3. confined to or intended only for the persons immediately concerned; confidential:

    a private meeting.

  4. personal and not publicly expressed:

    one's private feelings.

  5. not holding public office or employment:

    private citizens.

  6. not of an official or public character; unrelated to one's official job or position:

    a former senator who has returned to private life;

    a college president speaking in his private capacity as a legal expert.

  7. removed from or out of public view or knowledge; secret:

    private papers.

  8. not open or accessible to the general public:

    a private beach.

  9. undertaken individually or personally:

    private research.

  10. without the presence of others; alone:

    Let's go into another room where we can be private.

    Synonyms:

  11. He wants to meet us in a more private place.

  12. preferring privacy; retiring:

    a very private person.

  13. intimate; most personal:

    private behavior.

  14. of, having, or receiving special hospital facilities, privileges, and services, especially a room of one's own and liberal visiting hours:

    a private room;

    a private patient.

  15. of lowest military rank.
  16. of, relating to, or coming from nongovernmental sources:

    private funding.



noun

  1. a soldier of one of the three lowest enlisted ranks.
  2. privates. private parts.

private

/ 藞辫谤补瑟惫瑟迟 /

adjective

  1. not widely or publicly known

    they had private reasons for the decision

  2. confidential; secret

    a private conversation

  3. not for general or public use

    a private bathroom

  4. prenominal individual; special

    my own private recipe

  5. prenominal having no public office, rank, etc

    a private man

  6. prenominal denoting a soldier of the lowest military rank

    a private soldier

  7. of, relating to, or provided by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body

    the private sector

    private housing

  8. (of a place) retired; sequestered; not overlooked
  9. (of a person) reserved; uncommunicative
  10. in private
    in secret; confidentially
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a soldier of the lowest rank, sometimes separated into qualification grades, in many armies and marine corps

    private first class

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞辫谤颈惫补迟别濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫谤颈顎僾补迟别路濒测 adverb
  • 辫谤颈顎僾补迟别路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 辩耻补顎却颈-辫谤颈顎僾补迟别 adjective
  • qua顎卻i-辫谤颈顎僾补迟别路濒测 adverb
  • 耻苍路辫谤颈顎僾补迟别 adjective
  • un路辫谤颈顎僾补迟别路濒测 adverb
  • un路辫谤颈顎僾补迟别路苍别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of private1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English, from Latin 辫谤墨惫腻迟耻蝉 鈥減rivate,鈥 literally, 鈥渢aken away (from public affairs),鈥 special use of past participle of 辫谤墨惫腻谤别 鈥渢o rob鈥; deprive, -ate 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of private1

C14: from Latin 辫谤墨惫腻迟耻蝉 belonging to one individual, withdrawn from public life, from 辫谤墨惫腻谤别 to deprive, bereave
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. in private, not publicly; secretly:

    The hearing will be conducted in private.

More idioms and phrases containing private

In addition to the idiom beginning with private , also see free (private) enterprise ; in private .
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Example Sentences

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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