Private (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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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; 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.
  11. solitary; secluded: 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. private parts.
Idioms
  1. not publicly; secretly: The hearing will be conducted in private.
adjective
  1. not widely or publicly known
  2. confidential; secret
  3. not for general or public use
  4. individual; special
  5. having no public office, rank, etc
  6. denoting a soldier of the lowest military rank
  7. of, relating to, or provided by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
  8. (of a place) retired; sequestered; not overlooked
  9. (of a person) reserved; uncommunicative
  10. in secret; confidentially
noun
  1. a soldier of the lowest rank, sometimes separated into qualification grades, in many armies and marine corps
Private (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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