Private

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Secluded from the sight, presence, or intrusion of others.
  • adjective. Designed or intended for one's exclusive use.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Of or confined to the individual; personal.
  • adjective. Undertaken on an individual basis.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or receiving special hospital services and privileges.
  • adjective. Not available for public use, control, or participation.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Belonging to a particular person or persons, as opposed to the public or the government.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or derived from nongovernment sources.
  • adjective. Conducted and supported primarily by individuals or groups not affiliated with governmental agencies or corporations.
  • adjective. Enrolled in or attending a private school.
  • adjective. Capitalized in shares of stock that are held by a relatively small number of owners and are not traded on the open market.
  • adjective. Not holding an official or public position.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Not for public knowledge or disclosure; secret.
  • adjective. Not appropriate for use or display in public; intimate.
  • adjective. Placing a high value on personal privacy.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A noncommissioned rank in the US Army or Marine Corps that is below private first class.
  • noun. One who holds this rank or a similar rank in a military organization.
  • noun. Private parts. Often used with the.
  • idiom. (go private) To take a publicly owned company into private ownership, as by a leveraged buyout.
  • idiom. (in private) Not in public; secretly or confidentially.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Peculiar to, belonging to, or concerning an individual only; respecting particular individuals; personal.
  • Kept or removed from public view; not known; not open; not accessible to people in general; secret.
  • Not holding public office or employment; not having a public or official character: as, a private citizen; private life; private schools.
  • Noting a common soldier, or one of the ordinary rank and file.
  • Being in privacy; retired from company; secluded.
  • Privy; informed of what is not generally known.
  • Keeping privacy or confidence; secretive; reticent.
  • Intimate; confidential.
  • Particular; individual; special: opposed to general.
  • noun. A person not in public life or office.
  • noun. A common soldier; one of the rank and file of an army.
  • noun. A secret message; private intimation.
  • noun. Personal interest or use; particular business.
  • noun. Privacy; retirement.
  • noun. plural The private parts of the body.
  • noun. In some colleges, a private admonition.
  • To deprive.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
  • noun. Personal interest; particular business.
  • noun. Privacy; retirement.
  • noun. One not invested with a public office.
  • noun. A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer.
  • noun. The private parts; the genitals.
  • noun. secretly; not openly or publicly.
  • adjective. Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate
  • Word Usage
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