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Private

//ˈpɹaɪ.vɪt// adj, noun, verb

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Adjective

1
Belonging or pertaining to an individual person, group of people, or entity that is not the state.
"In some countries, healthcare is provided by both the government and private companies."
2
Relating to an individual or group of individuals outside of their official roles; often, sensitive or personal.
"This book is her private journal."
3
Not publicly known or divulged; secret, confidential; (of a message) intended only for a specific person or group.
"The identity of the beneficiaries of the trust is private."
4
Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded; not publicly accessible.
"Can we go somewhere more private?"
5
Not in governmental office or employment.
"Military secrets should not be entrusted to unreliable private individuals."

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6
Secretive; reserved.
"He is a very private person."
7
Not traded by the public.
"private equity"
8
Of a room in a medical facility, not shared with another patient.
9
Financially reliant on fees rather than government funding. UK
10
Accessible only to the class itself or instances of it, and not to other classes or even subclasses. not-comparable
11
Of the mind or language, not in principle experienceable, knowable, or understandable by others.

Adjective

1
not expressed wordnet
2
concerning one person exclusively wordnet
3
concerning things deeply private and personal wordnet
4
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy wordnet

Noun

1
A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.
2
Alternative letter-case form of private. alt-of
3
an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines wordnet
4
A doctor working in privately rather than publicly funded health care.
"In the cities and towns of California, privates are pressuring county governments to close or reduce in size their hospitals and to pay private hospitals for the care of low-income patients. Thus everything is stacked against public hospitals."
5
The genitals. euphemistic, in-plural

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6
A secret message; a personal unofficial communication. obsolete
"The Count Meloone, a Noble Lord of France, Whose priuate with me of the Dolphines loue, s much more generall, then these lines import."
7
Personal interest; particular business. obsolete
"Nor must I be unmindful of my private."
8
Privacy; retirement. obsolete
"Go off, I diſcard you: let me enioy my priuate: go off."
9
One not invested with a public office. obsolete
"And what haue Kings, that Priuates haue not too,[…]"
10
A private lesson. plural-normally
"If you want to learn ballet, consider taking privates."

Verb

1
To make something hidden from the public (without deleting it permanently). Internet, transitive
"During these negotiations, however, the Kleins say that Hosseinzadeh issued a copyright takedown for the video — even after it had already been privated."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English privat(e) (“individual, exclusive, private”), from Latin prīvātus (“bereaved, deprived, set apart from, release”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“to bereave, deprive, release”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more), from prīvus (“private, one's own, proper”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per; compare prime, prior, pristine. Doublet of privy.

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