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   private

   /ˈprʌɪvɪt/

   adjective

   • 1. belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group of people only: "all bedrooms have private facilities" Similar personalone's ownindividualparticularspecialexclusiveprivately ownedOpposite public
   • ▪ (of a conversation, activity, or gathering) involving only a particular person or group, and often dealing with matters that are not to be disclosed to others: "this is a private conversation" Similar confidentialstrictly confidentialsecrettop secretclassifiedunofficialoff the recordnot for publicationnot to be made publicnot to be disclosedclosetbackstageoffstageprivilegedone-on-onetête-à-têtecovertclandestinesurreptitiousin camerainformal:hush-hushOpposite openpublic
   • ▪ (of thoughts and feelings) not to be revealed to others: "she felt awkward at intruding on private grief" Similar intimatepersonalsecretinnermostinwardunspokenundeclaredundisclosedunvoicedsneakinghidden
   • ▪ (of a person) choosing not to reveal their thoughts and feelings to others: "he was a very private man" Similar reservedintrovertintrovertedself-containedreticentdiscreetuncommunicativenon-communicativemedia-shyunforthcomingsecretiveretiringungregariousunsocialunsociablewithdrawnsolitaryinsularreclusivehermit-likehermiticOpposite extrovert
   • ▪ (of a place) quiet and free from people who may interrupt: "can we go somewhere a little more private?" Similar secludedsecretquietundisturbedconcealedhiddenremoteisolatedout of the waysequesteredOpposite busycrowded
   • ▪ (especially of two people) alone and undisturbed by others: "we can phone from the library—we'll be private in there" Similar undisturbeduninterruptedwithout disturbancewithout interruptionaloneby ourselves
   • 2. (of a person) having no official or public role or position: "the paintings were sold to a private collector"
   • ▪ not connected with one's work or official position: "the ambassador visited the school in a private capacity" Similar unofficialpersonalnon-officialnon-publicOpposite official
   • 3. (of a service or industry) provided or owned by an individual or an independent, commercial company rather than the state: "this research was carried out by private industry" Similar independentnon-state-controllednon-state-runprivatizeddenationalizednon-publiccommercialprivate-enterpriseOpposite publicnationalizedstate-controlled
   • ▪ (of education or medical treatment) conducted outside the state system and charging fees to those who make use of it: "private education"
   • ▪ relating to or denoting a transaction between individuals and not involving commercial organizations: "it was a private sale—no estate agent's commission"

   noun

   • 1. the lowest rank in the army, below lance corporal or private first class.
   • 2. short for private parts informal

   Word Origin late Middle English (originally denoting a person not acting in an official capacity): from Latin privatus ‘withdrawn from public life’, a use of the past participle of privare ‘bereave, deprive’, from privus ‘single, individual’.

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