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private
[ prahy-vit ]
adjective
- belonging to some particular person:
private property.
- pertaining to or affecting a particular person or a small group of persons; individual; personal:
for your private satisfaction.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms: ,
- confined to or intended only for the persons immediately concerned; confidential:
a private meeting.
- personal and not publicly expressed:
one's private feelings.
- not holding public office or employment:
private citizens.
- 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.
- removed from or out of public view or knowledge; secret:
private papers.
- not open or accessible to the general public:
a private beach.
- undertaken individually or personally:
private research.
- without the presence of others; alone:
Let's go into another room where we can be private.
Synonyms:
He wants to meet us in a more private place.
- preferring privacy; retiring:
a very private person.
- intimate; most personal:
private behavior.
- 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.
- of lowest military rank.
- of, relating to, or coming from nongovernmental sources:
private funding.
noun
- a soldier of one of the three lowest enlisted ranks.
- privates. private parts.
private
/ ˈɪɪ /
adjective
- not widely or publicly known
they had private reasons for the decision
- confidential; secret
a private conversation
- not for general or public use
a private bathroom
- prenominal individual; special
my own private recipe
- prenominal having no public office, rank, etc
a private man
- prenominal denoting a soldier of the lowest military rank
a private soldier
- of, relating to, or provided by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
the private sector
private housing
- (of a place) retired; sequestered; not overlooked
- (of a person) reserved; uncommunicative
- in privatein secret; confidentially
noun
- a soldier of the lowest rank, sometimes separated into qualification grades, in many armies and marine corps
private first class
Derived Forms
- ˈٱ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- vٱ· adverb
- vٱ·Ա noun
- ܲȴ-vٱ adjective
- quasi-vٱ· adverb
- ܲ·vٱ adjective
- un·vٱ· adverb
- un·vٱ·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of private1
Idioms and Phrases
More idioms and phrases containing private
In addition to the idiom beginning with private , also see free (private) enterprise ; in private .Example Sentences
The author is a psychiatrist/psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City and teaches psychiatry residents as a clinical assistant professor of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
If they decline to do so, Boasberg said, he would appoint a private attorney to prosecute the case against the administration and specific officials.
Her biography posted on the city’s website says she “brings a strong community foundation and over 15 years of public and private sector experience to the Council.”
Other private buyers are investing in fairly new buildings filled with tenants, which are considered low-risk investments.
Then, in April, the New York Times and others reported that Hegseth had shared information about the same military action in a second private Signal group chat, which included his wife, brother and personal lawyer.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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