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pri‧vate /ˈpraɪ
vɪt/
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prahy-vit]
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–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. 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: private life. 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. 11.solitary; secluded. 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, esp. a room of one's own and liberal visiting hours: a private room; a private patient. 15.of lowest military rank. 16.of, pertaining to, or coming from nongovernmental sources: private funding. –noun 17.a soldier of one of the three lowest enlisted ranks. 18.privates.
private parts. —Idiom 19.in private, not publicly; secretly: The hearing will be conducted in private.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L
prīvātus private, lit., taken away (from public affairs), special use of ptp. of
prīvāre to rob. See
deprive,
-ate1]