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: private life.
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.
11.
solitary; secluded.
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, esp. a room of one's own and liberal visiting hours: a private room; a private patient.
15.
of lowest military rank.
16.
of, pertaining to, or coming from nongovernmental sources: private funding.
–noun
17.
a soldier of one of the three lowest enlisted ranks.
Secluded from the sight, presence, or intrusion of others: a private hideaway.
Designed or intended for one's exclusive use: a private room.
Of or confined to the individual; personal: a private joke; private opinions.
Undertaken on an individual basis: private studies; private research.
Of, relating to, or receiving special hospital services and privileges: a private patient.
Belonging to a particular person or persons, as opposed to the public or the government: private property.
Of, relating to, or derived from nongovernment sources: private funding.
Conducted and supported primarily by individuals or groups not affiliated with governmental agencies or corporations: a private college; a private sanatorium.
Enrolled in or attending a private school: a private student.
Not for public knowledge or disclosure; secret: private papers; a private communication.
Not appropriate for use or display in public; intimate: private behavior; a private tragedy.
Placing a high value on personal privacy: a private person.
Of or confined to the individual; personal: a private joke; private opinions.
Undertaken on an individual basis: private studies; private research.
Of, relating to, or receiving special hospital services and privileges: a private patient.
Belonging to a particular person or persons, as opposed to the public or the government: private property.
Of, relating to, or derived from nongovernment sources: private funding.
Conducted and supported primarily by individuals or groups not affiliated with governmental agencies or corporations: a private college; a private sanatorium.
Enrolled in or attending a private school: a private student.
Not for public knowledge or disclosure; secret: private papers; a private communication.
Not appropriate for use or display in public; intimate: private behavior; a private tragedy.
Placing a high value on personal privacy: a private person.
Not available for public use, control, or participation: a private club; a private party.
Belonging to a particular person or persons, as opposed to the public or the government: private property.
Of, relating to, or derived from nongovernment sources: private funding.
Conducted and supported primarily by individuals or groups not affiliated with governmental agencies or corporations: a private college; a private sanatorium.
Enrolled in or attending a private school: a private student.
Not for public knowledge or disclosure; secret: private papers; a private communication.
Not appropriate for use or display in public; intimate: private behavior; a private tragedy.
Placing a high value on personal privacy: a private person.
Not holding an official or public position: a private citizen.
Not for public knowledge or disclosure; secret: private papers; a private communication.
Not appropriate for use or display in public; intimate: private behavior; a private tragedy.
Placing a high value on personal privacy: a private person.
n.
Abbr. PVT or Pvt or Pvt. A noncommissioned rank in the U.S. Army or Marine Corps that is below private first class.
One who holds this rank or a similar rank in a military organization.
privates Private parts. Often used with the.
[Middle English privat, from Latin prīvātus, not in public life, past participle of prīvāre, to release, deprive, from prīvus, single, alone; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]
c.1380, from L. privatus "set apart, belonging to oneself" (not to the state), used in contrast to publicus, communis; originally pp. stem of privare "to separate, deprive," from privus "one's own, individual," from Old L. pri "before." Replaced O.E. syndrig. Grew popular 17c. as a preferred alternative to the snobbish overtones in common. Meaning "not open to the public" is from 1398. Of persons, "not holding public office" it is recorded from 1432. Private soldier "one below the rank of a non-commissioned officer" is from 1579. Private parts "the pudenda" is from 1785. Private enterprise first recorded 1844. Privacy is first recorded c.1450. Privatization is attested from 1959; privatize first recorded 1968.
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; "a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life" [ant: public]
2.
concerning things deeply private and personal; "private correspondence"; "private family matters"
3.
concerning one person exclusively; "we all have individual cars"; "each room has a private bath" [syn: individual]
4.
not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts" [syn: secret]
noun
1.
an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines; "our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value"
of, for, or belonging to, one person or group, not to the general public Example: The headmaster lives in a private apartment in the school; in my private (=personal) opinion; This information is to be kept strictly private; You shouldn't listen to private conversations.
Arabic:
خاص
Chinese (Simplified):
私人的
Chinese (Traditional):
私人的
Czech:
soukromý
Danish:
privat
Dutch:
privá‚á
Estonian:
isiklik, era-
Finnish:
yksityinen
French:
privé
German:
privat
Greek:
ιδιωτικός, ιδιαίτερος, προσωπικός, ατομικός
Hungarian:
magán-
Icelandic:
einka-
Indonesian:
pribadi
Italian:
privato
Japanese:
個人の
Korean:
개인적인, 사적인
Latvian:
privāts; personisks
Lithuanian:
privatus, asmeninis
Norwegian:
privat
Polish:
prywatny
Portuguese (Brazil):
privado
Portuguese (Portugal):
privado
Romanian:
privat, personal; secret; intim
Russian:
частный, личный
Slovak:
súkromný
Slovenian:
zaseben
Spanish:
privado
Swedish:
privat, personlig
Turkish:
özel
private2[ˈpraivət]adjective
having no public or official position or rank Example: It is your duty as a private citizen to report this matter to the police.
De*prive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deprived; p. pr. & vb. n. Depriving.] [LL. deprivare, deprivatium, to divest of office; L. de- + privare to bereave, deprive: cf. OF. depriver. See Private.]1. To take away; to put an end; to destroy. [Obs.] 'Tis honor to deprive dishonored life. --Shak. 2. To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of. God hath deprived her of wisdom. --Job xxxix. 17. It was seldom that anger deprived him of power over himself. --Macaulay. 3. To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical. A miniser deprived for inconformity. --Bacon. Syn: To strip; despoil; rob; abridge.
Pri"va*cy\, n.; pl. Privacies. [See Private.]1. The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion. 2. A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement. Her sacred privacies all open lie. --Rowe. 3. Concealment of what is said or done. --Shak. 4. A private matter; a secret. --Fuller. 5. See Privity, 2. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot.
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