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From Latin prīvātus (“bereaved; set apart from”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“I bereave, deprive”), from prīvus (“single, peculiar”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
private (comparative more private, superlative most private)
- Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group.
- Her address is private, you can't have it.
- Not in governmental office or employment.
- He quit public life, living quietly as a private citizen.
- Not publicly known; not open; secret.
- The identity of the beneficiaries of the trust is private.
- Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded.
- Can we go someplace more private?
- Intended only for the use of an individual, group, or organization.
- private papers
- Not accessible by the public.
- private property.
- Secretive; reserved.
- He is a very private person.
- (US, of a room in a medical facility) Not shared with another patient.
- Pertaining to the genitalia.
- private parts.
Synonyms
- (done in the view of others): secluded
- (intended only for one's own use): personal
- (not accessible by the public):
Antonyms
Noun
private (plural privates)
- The lowest rank of the army.
- A soldier of the rank of private.
- (in plural privates) A euphemistic term for the genitals.
Synonyms
- (genitals): bits, private parts
Translations
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Derived terms
Statistics
- Most common English words before 1923: agree · sit · considerable · #767: private · dinner · command · etc.
Esperanto
Adverb
private
Italian
Adjective
private pl.
- feminine form of privato
Verb form
private
- feminine plural past participle of privare
- second-person plural indicative present of privare
- second-person plural imperative of privare
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
prīvāte
- first-person plural present active imperative of prīvō
Swedish
Adjective
private
- absolute definite natural masculine form of privat.
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Private
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Look up private in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Private may refer to:- Private (rank), a military rank
- Private (missile), a U.S. step rocket
- Private (band), a Denmark-based band
- Private (film), a 2004 Italian film
- Private (novel series), a young-adult book series launched in 2006
- Private (web series), a web series based on the novel series
- Private Media Group, a producer of pornography
- Private company
- Private, a way of encapsulation in object-oriented programming
- Private, a character from Madagascar
See also
- Private bank
- Private Parts (disambiguation)
- Private property
- Private school
- Private sector, part of the economy not controlled by the state
- Private university
- Private Media Group, a European pornography company
- Privacy (disambiguation)
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