Private Meaning and Definition


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What is the definition Private? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Derivations, Words ending with Private, Words starting with Private, Related sentences, Antonyms, Synonyms, How to pronounce? Example sentences and more...

Private meaning

Word: Private

How to pronounce: ˈpraɪvɪt

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group of people only.

Example sentences: "All bedrooms have private facilities"

2. (of a person) having no official or public role or position.

Example sentences: "The paintings were sold to a private collector"

3. (of a service or industry) provided or owned by an individual or an independent, commercial company rather than by the government.

Example sentences: "Research projects carried out by private industry"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A soldier of the lowest rank, in particular an enlisted person in the US Army or Marine Corps ranking below private first class.

Example sentences: "He enlisted in the Army in 1980 and was first assigned as a young private as a supply clerk in Germany."

2. Short for private parts


Synonyms:

personal

particular

individual

separate

secluded

privat

confidential

clandestine

stealthy

underhanded

undercover

surreptitious

non state

nonstate

private soldier

common soldier

of their own

of its own

intimate

secret

privy

covert

nonpublic

esoteric

not state

in private

subjective

unique

peculiar


Antonyms:

public

common

general

official


Derivations:

privatization

privacy

privateer

privation

privatize

privatise

privately

privative


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Private in Other Languages...

Spanish: Privado

German: Privat

French: Privé

Italian: Privato

Turkish: özel


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